Eretmocrinus

Eretmocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Eretmocrinus
Temporal range:
Fossil Eretmocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Crinozoa
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
†Camerata
Order:
†Monobathrida
Family:
†Batocrinidae
Genus:
† Eretmocrinus

Lyon and Casseday, 1859 [1]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period (age range: 353.8 to 311.45 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Canada and United States.[2]

References
  1. Lyon, S.S., and Casseday, S.A. 1859. Description of nine new species of Crinoidea from the subcarboniferous rocks of Indiana and Kentucky. American Journal of Science and Arts (2nd series), 28: 233–246.
  2. Paleobiology Database
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