Iocrinus
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Iocrinus | |
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Iocrinus subcrassus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Echinodermata
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Class: | Crinoidea
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Genus: | Iocrinus
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Iocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoid (sea lilies and feather stars). It is an early form of crinoid, from the Ordovician rock of North America, England, and Gilwern Hill, Powys in Wales.
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References[]
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- Paleobiology Database entry
- Iocrinus in the Ordovician of England and Wales[permanent dead link]
- Stuart M. Kelly, Functional Morphology and Evolution of Iocrinus: An Ordovician Disparid Inadunate Crinoid, Indiana University, 1978.
Categories:
- Iocrinidae
- Ordovician crinoids
- Ordovician echinoderms of Europe
- Ordovician echinoderms of North America
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Verulam Formation
- Crinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs