Scytalocrinus
Extinct genus of crinoids
| Scytalocrinus Temporal range: Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Scytalocrinus from Carboniferous of the United States | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Crinozoa |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Subclass: | Cladida |
| Order: | Dendrocrinida |
| Family: | Scytalocrinidae |
| Genus: | Scytalocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer, 1880 [1] |
Scytalocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records of the Carboniferous period of United States and United Kinhgdom (age range: from 345.3 to 314.6 million years ago).[2]
Species
- Scytalocrinus barumensis Whidborne 1896
- Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus Moore and Strimple 1973
- Scytalocrinus sansabensis Moore and Plummer 1940
References
- See also List of crinoid genera
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