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 =
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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
References
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Category:Carboniferous echinoderms of Europe
Category:Mississippian animals of North America
Category:Devonian first appearances
Category:Permian genus extinctions
Category:Carboniferous crinoids
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