Taxocrinus

<i>Taxocrinus</i>

Taxocrinus

Extinct genus of crinoids

Taxocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

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Crown of the crinoid Taxocrinus telleri, from the Middle Devonian of Wisconsin.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Silurian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: from 428.2 to 326.4 million years ago). These fossils have been found in United Kingdom, United States, Australia, China, the Czech Republic and Germany.[1]

Species

  • Taxocrinus anomalus Waters et al. 2003
  • Taxocrinus macrodactylus Phillips 1841
  • Taxocrinus stultus Whidborne 1896
  • Taxocrinus telleri Springer, 1920

References

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