en Eretmocrinus

Eretmocrinus; Temporal range: Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil Eretmocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Crinozoa
Class:	Crinoidea
Subclass:	Camerata
Order:	†Monobathrida
Family:	†Batocrinidae
Genus:	† Eretmocrinus; Lyon and Casseday, 1859

Eretmocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period (age range: 353.8 to 311.45 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Canada and United States.^[2]

References

^ Lyon, S.S., and Casseday, S.A. 1859. Description of nine new species of Crinoidea from the subcarboniferous rocks of Indiana and Kentucky. American Journal of Science and Arts (2nd series), 28: 233–246.
^ Paleobiology Database

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[1] Lyon, S.S., and Casseday, S.A. 1859. Description of nine new species of Crinoidea from the subcarboniferous rocks of Indiana and Kentucky. American Journal of Science and Arts (2nd series), 28: 233–246.

[2] Paleobiology Database

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