Eretmocrinus
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Eretmocrinus Temporal range:
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Fossil Eretmocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.) | |
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Genus: | † Eretmocrinus Lyon and Casseday, 1859 [1]
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Eretmocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
[edit]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
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- ^ 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