Solanocrinus
Appearance
Solanocrinus Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Cretaceous
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Genus: | †Solanocrinus Münster, 1839
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Species: | S. thiollieri
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Solanocrinus thiollieri Loriol, 1888
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Solanocrinus thiollieri is an extinct species of crinoids from Jura, France. Like other feather stars, Solanocrinus did not have a stem and was not attached to the ocean floor. Instead, it possessed 22 prehensile tendrils, called "cirri," which it used to grab onto rocks.