Platycrinites

Platycrinites
Temporal range: Devonian–Permian [1]
Fossil specimens of Platycrinites hemisphaericus from United States, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
Camerata
Family:
Platycrinitidae
Genus:
Platycrinites

Miller 1821

Platycrinites are an extinct genus of Paleozoic stalked crinoids belonging to the family Platycrinitidae.[2]

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the Devonian, Permian and the Carboniferous periods, from 376.1 to 259.0 Ma.[1]

  1. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Life