Eretmocrinus

Eretmocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Fossil Eretmocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: †Camerata
Order: †Monobathrida
Family: †Batocrinidae
Genus: † Eretmocrinus
Lyon and Casseday, 1859 [1]

Eretmocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period (age range: 353.8 to 311.45 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Canada and United States.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lyon, S.S., and Casseday, S.A. 1859. Description of nine new species of Crinoidea from the subcarboniferous rocks of Indiana and Kentucky. American Journal of Science and Arts (2nd series), 28: 233–246.
  2. ↑ Paleobiology Database


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