Kingdom Animalia Family Periechecrinidae Rank Genus Subclass Camerata | Subphylum Crinozoa Phylum Echinodermata Order Monobathrida | |
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Similar Crotalocrinites, Eucalyptocrinites, Eretmocrinus, Platycrinites, Monobathrida | ||
Periechocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids belonging to the order Monobathrida, family Periechecrinidae.
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These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Carboniferous period and the Mississippian age of Australia, as well as in the Silurian of Canada, Czech Republic, United Kingdom and United States, from 436.0 to 345.3 Ma.
Species
Description
Periechocrinus species were about 30 centimetres (12 in) high.
References
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