Crotalocrinites

Crotalocrinites Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Crotalocrinites sp. from Koněprusy (Czech Republic) at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Order:	Cyathocrinida
Family:	Crotalocrinitidae
Genus:	Crotalocrinites Austin, 1842

Crotalocrinites, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily belonging to the family Crotalocrinitidae. These feather stars were stationary intermediate-level organisms feeding on suspension epifauna. They lived in the Silurian period, from the Upper Wenlock age (428.2 ± 1.5 to 422.9 ± 2.8 mya) to the Ludlow age (422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 mya).

Devonian of Australia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. Silurian of Norway, Russia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and United States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin).

• Crotalocrinites cora
• Crotalocrinites rugosus

• Biolib
• Paleobiology Database
• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database

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