Dizygocrinus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Dizygocrinus

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

| image = Batocrinidae - Dizygocrinus.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil of Dizygocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| classis = Crinoidea

| ordo = Monobathrida

| familia = Batocrinidae

| genus = Dizygocrinus

| genus_authority = Wachsmuth and Springer, 1897 Wachsmuth C. and Springer F. (1897) The North American Crinoidea Camerata. Harvard College Museum of Comparative Zoology Memoirs 20 and 21, 897 p

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Dizygocrinus, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily from the Batocrinidae family.

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period of United States, from 345.0 to 342.8 Ma.

Species

  • Dizygocrinus biturbinatus (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus indianaensis (Lyon and Casseday)
  • Dizygocrinus caroli (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus whitei (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus originarius (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus montgomeryensis (Worthen)
  • Dizygocrinus gorbyi (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus venustus (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus peculiaris (Miller and Gurley)
  • Dizygocrinus mutabilis (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus cantonensis (Wachsmuth and Springer)

W. Ausich, T. W. Kammer [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1305848?uid=3738296&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21104317607233 Dizygocrinus; Mississippian camerate crinoid (Echinodermata) from the midcontinental United States] Journal of Paleontology , July 1992, v. 66, p. 637-658

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