Cupressocrinites

Cupressocrinites
Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Late Devonian[1]
C. elongatus fossil on display at Naturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Order: Cladida
Superfamily: Gasterocomacea
Family: Cupressocrinitidae
Genus: Cupressocrinites
Goldfuss, 1831

Cupressocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoid from the Middle to Late Devonian of Asia, Australia, Europe, Morocco, and North America.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Palmer, Douglas; et al. (2009). Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 126. ISBN 9780756655730.
  2. Walker, Cyril; Ward, David (2002). Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks (revised, illustrated ed.). Dorling Kindersley. p. 167. ISBN 0789489848.

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