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Cyathocrinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cyathocrinitidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Camerata

Subphylum
  
Crinozoa

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Cladida

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Similar
  
Actinocrinus, Cladida, Cyathocrinites, Taxocrinus, Actinocrinites

Cyathocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids belonging to the family Cyathocrinitidae.

It is considered related to genera like Cyathocrinites, Gissocrinus, Ichthyocrinus, Meniscocrinus, Occiducrinus.

These stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Permian of Australia and Pakistan, in the Devonian of the Czech Republic, as well as in the Silurian of the Czech Republic and Sweden, from 428.2 to 254.0 Ma.

References

Cyathocrinus Wikipedia