Platycrinitidae

Platycrinitidae
Temporal range: Devonian–Permian

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Fossil specimens of Platycrinites hemisphaericus from United States, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinoderm
Subphylum: Crinozoaata
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Family: Platycrinitidae
Bassler 1938

Platycrinitidae are an extinct family of Paleozoic stalked crinoids. [2]

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Devonian, Permian and the Carboniferous periods, from 416.0 to 259.0 Ma. [1]

Genera

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References

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