Cupressocrinites
{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Cupressocrinites
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Devonian|Late Devonian|ref=}}
| image = Cupressocrinites elongatus (2).jpg
| image_caption = C. elongatus fossil on display at Naturalis
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Echinodermata
| subphylum = Crinozoa
| classis = Crinoidea
| subclassis = Camerata
| ordo = Cladida
| superfamilia = Gasterocomacea
| familia = Cupressocrinitidae
| genus = †Cupressocrinites
| genus_authority = Goldfuss, 1831
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
Cupressocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Middle to Late Devonian of Asia, Australia, Europe, Morocco, and North America.{{cite book | title=Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth | publisher=Dorling Kindersley | author=Palmer, Douglas | date= 5 October 2009 | location=New York | isbn=978-0-7566-5573-0 | page=126 | edition=first American|display-authors=etal}}{{cite book | title=Fossils | publisher=Dorling Kindersley | author=Walker, Cyril | last2=Ward | first2=David | authorlink=Cyril Walker (palaeontologist) | authorlink2=David Ward (palaeontologist) | series=Smithsonian Handbooks | year=2002 | page=167 | isbn=0-7894-8984-8 | edition=revised, illustrated}}
References
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32123 Cupressocrinites] in the Paleobiology Database
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Category: Prehistoric crinoid genera
Category: Devonian echinoderms of Asia
Category: Devonian echinoderms of Oceania
Category: Devonian echinoderms of Europe
Category: Devonian echinoderms of North America
Category: Middle Devonian first appearances
Category: Late Devonian animals
Category: Late Devonian genus extinctions
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