Taxocrinus
| Taxocrinus Temporal range: Silurian - Carboniferous | |
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| Fossil of Taxocrinus species (on the right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Taxocrinida |
| Family: | Taxocrinidae |
| Genus: | Taxocrinus Phillips 1843 |
Taxocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Silurian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: from 428.2 to 326.4 million years ago). These fossils have been found in United Kingdom, United States, Australia, China, the Czech Republic and Germany.[1]
Species
- Taxocrinus anomalus Waters et al. 2003
- Taxocrinus macrodactylus Phillips 1841
- Taxocrinus stultus Whidborne 1896
References
- See also List of crinoid genera
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