Cyathocrinus
Appearance
Cyathocrinus Temporal range: [1]
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Cyathocrinus goniodactylus, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Genus: | Cyathocrinus Miller 1821
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Cyathocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids belonging to the family Cyathocrinitidae.[1][2]
It is considered related to genera like Cyathocrinites, Gissocrinus, Ichthyocrinus, Meniscocrinus, Occiducrinus.[1]
These stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Permian of Australia and Pakistan, in the Devonian of the Czech Republic, as well as in the Silurian of the Czech Republic and Sweden, from 428.2 to 254.0 Ma.[1]
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Categories:
- Wenlock first appearances
- Silurian crinoids
- Devonian crinoids
- Carboniferous crinoids
- Permian crinoids
- Permian genus extinctions
- Paleozoic animals of Asia
- Prehistoric crinoid genera
- Cladida
- Crinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs
- Silurian animal stubs
- Devonian animal stubs
- Carboniferous animal stubs
- Permian animal stubs