Cupressocrinites

Cupressocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Middle to Late Devonian of Asia, Australia, Europe, Morocco, and North America.[1][2]

Cupressocrinites
Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Late Devonian[1]
C. elongatus fossil on display at Naturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Crinozoa
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
Camerata
Order:
Cladida
Superfamily:
Gasterocomacea
Family:
Cupressocrinitidae
Genus:
†Cupressocrinites

Goldfuss, 1831

References
  1. Palmer, Douglas; et al. (5 October 2009). Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.
  2. Walker, Cyril; Ward, David (2002). Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks (revised, illustrated ed.). Dorling Kindersley. p. 167. ISBN 0-7894-8984-8.


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