Abrotocrinus
| Abrotocrinus Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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| Fossil of Abrotocrinus from Carboniferous of United States | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Crinozoa |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Subclass: | Camerata |
| Order: | Cladida |
| Genus: | Abrotocrinus Miller and Gurley 1890 [1] |
Abrotocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records of the Carboniferous period of United States and Canada (age range: 353.8 to 345.0 million years ago). [2]
References
- ↑ Miller, S.A., and Gurley, W.F.S. (1888). Description of Some New Genera and Species of Echinodermata From the Coal Measures and Subcarboniferous Rocks of Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Sixteenth Annual Report, pp. 327-373.
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
- See also List of crinoid genera
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