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Uintacrinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crinozoa

Order
  
Uintacrinida

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Class
  
Crinoidea

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Scyphocrinites, Agaricocrinus, Gillicus, Protosphyraena, Bananogmius

Uintacrinus ("crinoid from the Uinta Mountains") is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Cretaceous of Kansas. It was unusual among crinoids because it had no stalk, and probably floated above the seafloor. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway. This crinoid was a colonial animal with ten long arms each that it used to capture prey.

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Uintacrinus Sternberg Museum Virtual Tour

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References

Uintacrinus Wikipedia