Forbesiocrinus

Forbesiocrinus
Temporal range: Devonian - Carboniferous
Fossil of Forbesiocrinus multibrachiatus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: †Sagenocrinida
Family: †Sagenocrinitidae
Genus: †Forbesiocrinus
Koninck and Le Hon, 1854

Forbesiocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: 370.6 to 342.8 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Belgium, Canada, United States, Australia and China.

References

  1. ↑ L. G. de Koninck and H. Le Hon, 1854 Recherches sur les crinoïdes du terrain carbonifère de la Belgique, Bruxelles, M. Hayez, imprimeur, 1854.
  2. ↑ Paleobiology Database
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