Dizygocrinus
| Dizygocrinus Temporal range: [1]
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| Fossil of Dizygocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.) | |
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| Genus: | Dizygocrinus |
Dizygocrinus, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily from the Batocrinidae family.
These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period of United States, from 345.0 to 342.8 Ma.[1]
Species
[edit]- Dizygocrinus biturbinatus (Hall)
- Dizygocrinus indianaensis (Lyon and Casseday)
- Dizygocrinus caroli (Hall)
- Dizygocrinus whitei (Wachsmuth and Springer)
- Dizygocrinus originarius (Wachsmuth and Springer)
- Dizygocrinus montgomeryensis (Worthen)
- Dizygocrinus gorbyi (Miller)
- Dizygocrinus venustus (Miller)
- Dizygocrinus peculiaris (Miller and Gurley)
- Dizygocrinus mutabilis (Wachsmuth and Springer)
- Dizygocrinus cantonensis (Wachsmuth and Springer)
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Wachsmuth C. and Springer F. (1897) The North American Crinoidea Camerata. Harvard College Museum of Comparative Zoology Memoirs 20 and 21, 897 p
- ^ W. Ausich, T. W. Kammer Dizygocrinus; Mississippian camerate crinoid (Echinodermata) from the midcontinental United States Journal of Paleontology , July 1992, v. 66, p. 637-658
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