Agaricocrinus

{{short description|Genus of echinoderms}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Carboniferous}}[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]

| image = Coelocrinidae - Agaricocrinus splendens.JPG

| image_caption= Fossil specimen of Agaricocrinus splendens from United States, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| classis = Crinoidea

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| familia = Coelocrinidae

| genus = Agaricocrinus

| genus_authority = Austin 1851

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Agaricocrinus is a genus of extinct crinoids, belonging to the family Coelocrinidae.

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period and in the Osagean age of United States, from 353.8 to 345.0 Ma.{{cite journal |author1=Meyer, David L. |author2=Ausich, William I. |year=1997 |title=Morphologic Variation within and among Populations of the Camerate Crinoid Agaricocrinus (Lower Mississippian, Kentucky and Tennessee): Breaking the Spell of the Mushroom |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=71 |issue=5 |pages=896–917 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000035824 |jstor=1306565 |bibcode=1997JPal...71..896M |s2cid=133209846 }}