Actinocrinites

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|360.7|290.1|Devonian - Permian}}

| image = Actinocrinites NMNH.jpg

| image_caption = A. gibsoni, National Museum of Natural History

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| subphylum = Crinozoa

| classis = Crinoidea

| subclassis = Camerata

| ordo = Monobathrida

| genus = Actinocrinites

| genus_authority = Miller, 1821 John Samuel Miller, 1821 A natural history of the Crinoidea, or lily-shaped animals : with observations on the genera, Asteria, Euryale, Comatula & Marsupites Published for the author by C. Frost [etc.], 1821.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

}}

Actinocrinites (from {{langx|el|ἀκτίς}} {{Transliteration|el|aktís}}, 'ray' and {{langx|el|κρίνω}} {{Transliteration|el|krino}} 'to perceive'){{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=George |title=An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology |date=1839 |publisher=Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans |location=London |page=3 |url=https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=English}} is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Devonian period to the Permian period (age range: 360.7 to 290.1 million years ago).{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Cyril Alexander |title=Fossils |date=2002 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |location=New York |isbn=0789489848 |page=169 |edition=2nd American}} Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Australia, China, Europe and United States.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31687 Paleobiology Database]

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
  • Actinocrinites brouweri Wanner 1924
  • Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
  • Actinocrinites triacontadactylus

References