Scyphocrinus

Scyphocrinus
Temporal range: Silurian to Devonian
Scyphocrinus elegans from Morocco. Lower Devonian (410 Ma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
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).[1][2]

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.[3]

Fossil of Scyphocrinites from Silurian, found in Morocco.

Species

  • Scyphocrinus elegans Zenker, 1833

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life
  2. ↑ Organism Names
  3. ↑ Frank Springer On the Crinoid Genus Scyphocrinus and its bulbous root Camarocrinus

See also

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