Scyphocrinus

Scyphocrinus
Temporal range: Silurian to Devonian
Scyphocrinus elegans from Morocco. Lower Devonian (410 Ma)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: †Monobathrida
Genus: †Scyphocrinus
Zenker
Synonyms
  • Camarocrinus

Scyphocrinus, is an extinct genus of crinoids. Species belonging to this genus lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods (from 443.4 to 358.9 Ma).

The crinoid genus Camarocrinus have been considered by some authors the bulbous distal end of the stem of Scyphocrinus, having the function of a root and fixing the crinoid to the sea button.

Fossil of Scyphocrinites from Silurian, found in Morocco.

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