Cyathocrinites

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Cyathocrinites

| fossil_range = {{Fossil Range|llandovery|Lopingian}}

| image = Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus fossil crinoid (Mississippian; Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA) 2 (17385978065).jpg

| image_caption = Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus fossil

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| subphylum = Crinozoa

| classis = Crinoidea

| subclassis = Camerata

| ordo = Cladida

| familia = †Cyathocrinitidae

| genus = †Cyathocrinites

| genus_authority = Miller, 1821

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
  • Cyathocrinites simplexThomas W. Kammer; Edgar W. Roeser (2012). "Cladid Crinoids from the Late Kinderhookian Meadville Shale, Cuyahoga Formation of Ohio". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (3), pages 470–487, {{doi|10.1666/11-101.1}}

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Cyathocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids that lived from the Early Silurian to the Late Permian in Europe and North America.

Sources

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 167)