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Platycrinitidae

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Extinct family of crinoids

Platycrinitidae
Temporal range: Devonian–Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimens of Platycrinites hemisphaericus from United States, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinoderm
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Camerata
Family: Platycrinitidae
Bassler 1938

Platycrinitidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic stalked crinoids.

Platycrinites hemisphaericus. Early Carboniferous, Muldraugh Formation, Indiana. At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Devonian, Permian and the Carboniferous periods, from 416.0 to 259.0 Ma.

Genera

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. Encyclopedia of Life
Taxon identifiers
Platycrinitidae


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