Forbesiocrinus

Forbesiocrinus
Temporal range:
Fossil of Forbesiocrinus multibrachiatus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Order:
Sagenocrinida
Genus:
Forbesiocrinus

Koninck and Le Hon, 1854 [1]

Forbesiocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: 370.6 to 342.8 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Belgium, Canada, United States, Australia and China. [2]

References

  1. ^ L. G. de Koninck and H. Le Hon, 1854 Recherches sur les crinoïdes du terrain carbonifère de la Belgique, Bruxelles, M. Hayez, imprimeur, 1854.
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database


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