Delocrinus

Delocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Dendrocrinida
Family: Catacrinidae
Genus: Delocrinus
Miller and Gurley, 1890
Species

Delocrinus is a genus of extinct crinoids, belonging to the family Catacrinidae.[1] Specimens have been found in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

Eperisocrinus missouriensis, formerly Delocrinus missouriensis, was made the state fossil of Missouri in 1989.[2]

  1. ^ "Delocrinus". Palaeobiology Database.
  2. ^ "Missouri's State Fossil". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 6 April 2023.