Uintacrinus
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| Uintacrinus Temporal range: Cretaceous
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| File:From the Niobrara Formation during the Upper Cretaceous in Western Kansas, US, Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell.jpg | |
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Uintacrinus ("crinoid from the Uinta Mountains") is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Cretaceous of Kansas. It was unusual among crinoids because it had no stalk, and probably floated above the seafloor.[1] It lived in the Western Interior Seaway. This crinoid was a colonial animal with ten long arms each that it used to capture prey.[2]
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Footnotes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Mike Everhart, (2004). https://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.html
- ^ Mike Everhart, (2004). https://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.html
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 174)
- "Notes on Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell" https://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.html
References
[edit | edit source]- Everhart, Mike "Notes on Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell" https://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.html
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