Taxocrinus

Taxocrinus
Fossil of Taxocrinus species (on the right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Taxocrinida
Family:
Taxocrinidae
Genus:
Taxocrinus

Phillips, 1843
Crown of the crinoid Taxocrinus telleri, from the Middle Devonian of Wisconsin.

Taxocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

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
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