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] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.

External links

• Cupressocrinites in the Paleobiology Database