Actinocrinites

Actinocrinites
Temporal range: Devonian - Permian
A. gibsoni, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Crinozoa
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
Camerata
Order:
Monobathrida
Genus:
Actinocrinites

Miller, 1821 [1]

Actinocrinites (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive')[2] is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian period to the Permian period (age range: 360.7 to 290.1 million years ago).[3] Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States.[4]

Species

Species within this genus include:[4]

  • †Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
  • †Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
  • †Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
  • †Actinocrinites triacontadactylus

References

  1. ^ John Samuel Miller, 1821 A natural history of the Crinoidea, or lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites Published for the author by C. Frost [etc.], 1821.
  2. ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ Walker, Cyril Alexander (2002). Fossils (2nd American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 169. ISBN 0789489848.
  4. ^ a b Paleobiology Database


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