Apiocrinites

Apiocrinites
Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic
Apiocrinites negevensis Ausich and Wilson, 2012, Matmor Formation, Jurassic, Israel.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Superorder: Articulata
Order: Millericrinida
Genus: †Apiocrinites

Apiocrinites (from Greek: ἄπιον apion, 'pear' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive') is an extinct genus of crinoid that lived from the Middle to the Late Jurassic of Asia and Europe.

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 10. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

Sources

The distinctive proximale of Apiocrinites negevesis; Matmor Formation; Middle Jurassic of southern Israel.