Cyathocrinites

Cyathocrinites; Temporal range: llandovery–Lopingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Family:	† Cyathocrinitidae
Genus:	† Cyathocrinites ; Miller, 1821
Species
	†Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus; †Cyathocrinites simplex;

Last updated January 27, 2026

Cyathocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids that lived from the Early Silurian to the Late Permian in Europe and North America.

References

↑ Thomas W. Kammer; Edgar W. Roeser (2012). "Cladid Crinoids from the Late Kinderhookian Meadville Shale, Cuyahoga Formation of Ohio". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (3), pages 470–487, doi:10.1666/11-101.1

Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 167)

External links

Cyathocrinites in the Paleobiology Database

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[1] Thomas W. Kammer; Edgar W. Roeser (2012). "Cladid Crinoids from the Late Kinderhookian Meadville Shale, Cuyahoga Formation of Ohio". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (3), pages 470–487, doi:10.1666/11-101.1

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Cyathocrinites Temporal range: llandovery–Lopingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Family:	† Cyathocrinitidae
Genus:	† Cyathocrinites Miller, 1821
Species^[1]
†Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus †Cyathocrinites simplex