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Scyphocrinus

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Scyphocrinus
Temporal range: Silurian to Devonian
Scyphocrinus elegans from Morocco. Lower Devonian (410 Ma)
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Scyphocrinus

Zenker
Synonyms
  • Camarocrinus

Scyphocrinus, is an extinct genus of crinoids. Species belonging to this genus lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods (from 443.4 to 358.9 Ma).[1][2]

The crinoid genus Camarocrinus have been considered by some authors the bulbous distal end of the stem of Scyphocrinus, having the function of a root and fixing the crinoid to the sea button.[3]

Fossil of Scyphocrinites from Silurian, found in Morocco.

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  • Scyphocrinus elegans Zenker, 1833

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