Dizygocrinus

Dizygocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous

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Fossil of Dizygocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Order: Monobathrida
Family: Batocrinidae
Genus: Dizygocrinus
Wachsmuth and Springer 1897

Dizygocrinus, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily from the Batocrinidae family.

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period of United States, from 345.0 to 342.8 Ma. [1]

Species

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References

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