Cyathocrinitidae
Extinct family of crinoids
Cyathocrinitidae Temporal range: Silurian–Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Cyathocrinus goniodactylus, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Subphylum: | Crinozoa |
Class: | Crinoidea |
Subclass: | Camerata |
Order: | Cladida |
Family: | Cyathocrinitidae Roemer 1854 |
Cyathocrinitidae is an extinct family of crinoids belonging to the order Cladida.
These stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived from the Silurian to the Permian periods (436.0 - 254.0 Ma).[1]
Genera
- Cyathocrinites
- Cyathocrinus
- Gissocrinus
- Ichthyocrinus
- Meniscocrinus
- Occiducrinus
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References
- ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database
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