Taxocrinus

Taxocrinus
Temporal range: Silurian - Carboniferous
Fossil of Taxocrinus species (on the right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: †Taxocrinida
Family: †Taxocrinidae
Genus: †Taxocrinus
Phillips, 1843
Crown of the crinoid Taxocrinus telleri, from the Middle Devonian of Wisconsin.

Taxocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Silurian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: from 428.2 to 326.4 million years ago). These fossils have been found in United Kingdom, United States, Australia, China, the Czech Republic and Germany.

Species

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