Abrotocrinus

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Abrotocrinus
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 353.8–345.0  Ma
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Fossil of Abrotocrinus from Carboniferous of United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Order:
Cladida
Genus:
Abrotocrinus

Miller and Gurley, 1890 [1]

Abrotocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period of United States and Canada (age range: 353.8 to 345.0 million years ago). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Paleobiology Database
Agaricocrinus americanus Carboniferous Indiana.jpg

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