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Caleidocrinus

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Extinct genus of crinoids

Caleidocrinus
Temporal range: Middle and early Upper Ordovician PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Caleidocrinus multiramus, 26mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Diparida
Family: Iocrinidae
Genus: Caleidocrinus
Waagen & Jahn, 1899
Species
  • C. multiramus Barrande, 1899 (type) = C. barrandei
  • C. turgidulus Ramsbottom, 1961

Caleidocrinus is a genus of sea lily that lived during the Middle and early Upper Ordovician in what is now the Czech Republic and Wales.

References

  1. Donovan, S.K. (1985). "The Ordovician crinoids genus Caleidocrinus Waagen and Jahn, 1899". Geological Journal. 20: 109–121. doi:10.1002/gj.3350200204.
Taxon identifiers
Caleidocrinus


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