Caleidocrinus

Caleidocrinus
Temporal range: Middle and early Upper Ordovician
Caleidocrinus multiramus, 26mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Inaduata
Order: Diparida
Family: Iocrinidae
Genus: Caleidocrinus
Waagen & Jahn, 1899
species
  • C. multiramus Barrande, 1899 (type) = C. barrandei
  • C. turgidulus Ramsbottom, 1961

Caleidocrinus is a genus of sea lily that lived during the Middle and early Upper Ordovician in what is now the Czech Republic and Wales.[1]

References

  1. Donovan, S.K. (1985). "The Ordovician crinoids genus Caleidocrinus Waagen and Jahn, 1899". Geological Journal 20: 109–121. doi:10.1002/gj.3350200204.
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