Actinocrinites
| Actinocrinites Temporal range: Devonian - Permian | |
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| Fossil of Actinocrinites from Carboniferous of Indiana (USA) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Crinozoa |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Subclass: | Camerata |
| Order: | Monobathrida |
| Genus: | Actinocrinites Miller, 1821 [1] |
Actinocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian period to the Permian period (age range: 360.7 to 290.1 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States. [2]
Species
Species within this genus include: [2]
- †Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
- †Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
- †Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
References
- ↑ John Samuel Miller, 1821 A natural history of the Crinoidea, or lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites Published for the author by C. Frost [etc.], 1821.
- 1 2 Paleobiology Database
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 169)
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