Actinocrinites
| Actinocrinites Temporal range: | |
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| A. gibsoni, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | †Monobathrida |
| Family: | †Actinocrinitidae |
| Genus: | †Actinocrinites Miller, 1821 [1] |
Actinocrinites (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κρῖνον krinon 'lily') is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian period to the Permian period (age range: 360.7 to 290.1 million years ago).[2] Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States.[3]
Species
Species within this genus include:[3]
- †Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
- †Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
- †Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
- †Actinocrinites triacontadactylus
References
- ↑ John Samuel Miller, 1821 A natural history of the Crinoidea, or lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites Published for the author by C. Frost [etc.], 1821.
- ↑ Walker, Cyril Alexander (2002). Fossils (2nd American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 169. ISBN 0789489848.
- 1 2 Paleobiology Database