Scytalocrinus
Extinct genus of crinoids
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Scytalocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
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| Fossil of S. decadactylus, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
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| Order: | Dendrocrinida |
| Family: | Scytalocrinidae |
| Genus: | Scytalocrinus |
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records of the Carboniferous period of United States and United Kingdom (age range: from 345.3 to 314.6 million years ago).[2]
Species
- Scytalocrinus barumensis Whidborne 1896
- Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus Moore and Strimple 1973
- Scytalocrinus sansabensis Moore and Plummer 1940
