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Forbesiocrinus

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Extinct genus of crinoids

Forbesiocrinus
Temporal range: Devonian - Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Forbesiocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Sagenocrinida
Genus: Forbesiocrinus
Koninck and Le Hon, 1854

Forbesiocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: 370.6 to 342.8 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Belgium, Canada, United States, Australia and China.

Forbesiocrinus multibrachiatus, from the early Carboniferous of Indiana

References

  1. L. G. de Koninck and H. Le Hon, 1854 Recherches sur les crinoïdes du terrain carbonifère de la Belgique, Bruxelles, M. Hayez, imprimeur, 1854.
  2. Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Forbesiocrinus


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