Taxocrinus
Extinct genus of crinoids
Taxocrinus Temporal range: Silurian - Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossil of Taxocrinus species (on the right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Crinoidea |
Order: | Taxocrinida |
Family: | Taxocrinidae |
Genus: | Taxocrinus Phillips, 1843 |
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.[1]
Species
- Taxocrinus anomalus Waters et al. 2003
- Taxocrinus macrodactylus Phillips 1841
- Taxocrinus stultus Whidborne 1896
- Taxocrinus telleri Springer, 1920
References
- ^ Fossilworks
- See also List of crinoid genera
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