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Taxocrinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Taxocrinidae

Higher classification
  
Taxocrinidae

Order
  
Taxocrinida

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Similar
  
Onychocrinus, Platycrinites, Scytalocrinus, Eretmocrinus, Gilbertsocrinus

Taxocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

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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.

Species

  • Taxocrinus anomalus Waters et al. 2003
  • Taxocrinus macrodactylus Phillips 1841
  • Taxocrinus stultus Whidborne 1896

    • References

    Taxocrinus Wikipedia
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