Encrinus

Not to be confused with Encrinurus.

Encrinus
Temporal range: Late Silurian-Late Triassic, 428.2–215.6 Ma[1]
Encrinus fossils on display at the Paläontologisches Museum München
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: †Encrinida
Family: †Encrinidae
Genus: †Encrinus
Andreae, 1764[2]

Encrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids, and "one of the most famous".[3] It lived during the Late Silurian-Late Triassic, and its fossils have been found in Europe.[1]

  1. ^ a b Palmer, Douglas; et al. (2009). Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (first American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference paleodb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Jefferies, R. P. S. (1989). "The Arm Structure and Mode of Feeding of the Triassic Crinoid Encrinus liliiformis" (PDF). Palaeontology. 32 (3). The Palaeontological Association: 483–97. Retrieved March 25, 2012.[permanent dead link]