Glyptocrinus

Glyptocrinus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician - Early Silurian
Fossil specimen of Glyptocrinus decadactylus from United States, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Order: Monobathrida
Family: Glyptocrinidae
Genus: Glyptocrinus
Hall 1847

Glyptocrinus is an extinct genus of sea lily that lived from the Middle Ordovician to the Early Silurian (471.8 - 436.0 Ma). Its remains have been found in North America.

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