Echmatocrinus
Echmatocrinus Temporal range:
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Echmatocrinus brachiatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Echmatocrinus |
Species: | †E. brachiatus
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Binomial name | |
†Echmatocrinus brachiatus Sprinkle 1973
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Echmatocrinus is a problematic Cambrian animal which resembles a crinoid or an octocoral. It is known only from the Burgess shale.[1] Template:Gpb abundance
The creature was a little like an inverted cone, with a crown of seven to nine tentacles.[1] Each tentacle was covered with small extensions. The cone itself was covered with irregularly arranged mineralised plates.[1] The organisms lived a solitary lifestyle, although juveniles are sometimes attached to (or budding from) adults.[1]
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Further reading
Ausich, W. I. 1998a. Early phylogeny and subclass division of the Crinoidea (phylum Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 72 (3): 499-510.
Ausich, W. I. 1998b. Origin of the Crinoidea. In Echinoderms: San Francisco (R. Mooi & M. Telford, eds.) pp. 127-132. A. A. Balkema: Rotterdam.
Ausich, W. I. 1999. Origin of crinoids. In Echinoderm Research 1998 (M. D. Candia Carnevali & F. Bonasoro, eds.) pp. 237-242. A. A. Balkema: Rotterdam.
Sprinkle, J., & R. C. Moore. 1978. Echmatocrinea. In Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt. T. Echinodermata 2. Crinoidea (R. C. Moore & C. Teichert, eds.) vol. 2, pp. T405-T407. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).