| Actinocrinites Temporal range: Devonian - Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| A. gibsoni, National Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Crinozoa |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Subclass: | Camerata |
| Order: | Monobathrida |
| Genus: | Actinocrinites Miller, 1821 |
Actinocrinites (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive') is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian period to the Permian period (age range: 360.7 to 290.1 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States.
Species
Species within this genus include:
- †Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
- †Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
- †Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
- †Actinocrinites triacontadactylus
References
- John Samuel Miller, 1821 A natural history of the Crinoidea, or lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites Published for the author by C. Frost , 1821.
- Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- Walker, Cyril Alexander (2002). Fossils (2nd American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 169. ISBN 0789489848.
- ^ Paleobiology Database
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