Abrotocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
| Abrotocrinus Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, | |
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| Fossil of Abrotocrinus from Carboniferous of United States | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Parvclass: | Cladida |
| Genus: | †Abrotocrinus Miller and Gurley, 1890 [1] |
Fossil record
editThis genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period of United States and Canada (age range: 353.8 to 345.0 million years ago).[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Miller, S.A., and Gurley, W.F.S. (1888). Description of Some New Genera and Species of Echinodermata From the Coal Measures and Subcarboniferous Rocks of Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Sixteenth Annual Report, pp. 327-373.
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
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