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(Redirected from Dizygocrinus indianaensis) Extinct genus of crinoids

Dizygocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Dizygocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Monobathrida
Family: Batocrinidae
Genus: Dizygocrinus
Wachsmuth and Springer, 1897

Dizygocrinus, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily from the Batocrinidae family.

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period of United States, from 345.0 to 342.8 Ma.

Species

  • Dizygocrinus biturbinatus (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus indianaensis (Lyon and Casseday)
  • Dizygocrinus caroli (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus whitei (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus originarius (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus montgomeryensis (Worthen)
  • Dizygocrinus gorbyi (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus venustus (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus peculiaris (Miller and Gurley)
  • Dizygocrinus mutabilis (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus cantonensis (Wachsmuth and Springer)

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. Wachsmuth C. and Springer F. (1897) The North American Crinoidea Camerata. Harvard College Museum of Comparative Zoology Memoirs 20 and 21, 897 p
  3. W. Ausich, T. W. Kammer Dizygocrinus; Mississippian camerate crinoid (Echinodermata) from the midcontinental United States Journal of Paleontology , July 1992, v. 66, p. 637-658
Taxon identifiers
Dizygocrinus


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