Neocrinus
Genus of crinoids
Neocrinus is a genus of crinoids in the family Balanocrinidae, which is otherwise extinct (this genus being a relict). Members of this genus appeared in the fossil record 23.03 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, and currently contains three known extant species.
01Species
- Neocrinus blakei (Carpenter, 1884)
- Neocrinus decorus (Thomson, 1864)
- Neocrinus naresianus (Carpenter, 1884)
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- Neocrinus decorus (YPM IZ 070048).jpg by Creator Eric A. Lazo-Wasem Gall L (2018). Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0lkr3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-12-22. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1039254627, CC0
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