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Actinocrinites

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Actinocrinites (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive')^[2] is an extinct genusofcrinoids.

Actinocrinites Temporal range: Devonian - Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil of Actinocrinites from Carboniferous of Indiana (USA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Crinozoa
Class:	Crinoidea
Subclass:	Camerata
Order:	Monobathrida
Genus:	Actinocrinites Miller, 1821 ^[1]

Fossil records

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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).^[3] Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States.^[4]

Species

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Species within this genus include:^[4]

†Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
†Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
†Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
†Actinocrinites triacontadactylus

References

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^ 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 [etc.], 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.

^ ^a ^b Paleobiology Database

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