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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 live in 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]

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

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