Culmicrinus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendrocrinida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Classis: Crinoidea Subclassis: † Cladida Infraclassis: †Cyathocrinina Ordo: †Dendrocrinida

Familia: Blothrocrinidae
Genus: †Culmicrinus
Species: †Culmicrinus elegans

Name

Culmicrinus elegans (Wachsmuth & Springer, 1897)

Synonyms:

• Scaphiocrinus elegans Wachsmuth & Springer

Distribution

North America

• United States
  • Indiana

Temporal range: Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous)

References

• Wachsmuth C. and Springer F., 1897. The North American Crinoidea Camerata, vol. 2. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zoology Harvard College.

Additional references

• Bassler R.S. and Moodey M.W., 1943. Bibliographic and Faunal Index of Paleozoic Pelmatozoan Echinoderms. Geological Society of America, 734 pages (Google books).
• Lewis Anderson Cook, 2010. Systematics and evolutionary paleoecology of crinoids from the St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian, Meramecian) of the Illinois Basin. West Virginia University. Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. (West Virginia University research repository).

Links

• Culmicrinus elegans - Taxon details on Joshua Tree Earth and Space Museum, Lakeville, Indiana