Abrotocrinus

Abrotocrinus; Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 353.8–345.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Abrotocrinus from Carboniferous of United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Crinozoa
Class:	Crinoidea
Subclass:	Camerata
Order:	Cladida
Genus:	Abrotocrinus; Miller and Gurley, 1890 [1]

Abrotocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records of the Carboniferous period of United States and Canada (age range: 353.8 to 345.0 million years ago).[2]

Miller, S.A., and Gurley, W.F.S. (1888). Description of Some New Genera and Species of Echinodermata From the Coal Measures and Subcarboniferous Rocks of Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Sixteenth Annual Report, pp. 327-373.
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