Forbesiocrinus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Forbesiocrinus

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|370.6|342.8|Devonian - Carboniferous}}

| image = Sagenocrinida - Forbesiocrinus.JPG

| image_width = 250px

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

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| subphylum = Crinozoa

| classis = Crinoidea

| ordo = Sagenocrinida

| familia =

| genus = Forbesiocrinus

| genus_authority = Koninck and Le Hon, 1854 L. G. de Koninck and H. Le Hon, 1854 Recherches sur les crinoïdes du terrain carbonifère de la Belgique, Bruxelles, M. Hayez, imprimeur, 1854.

}}

Forbesiocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: 370.6 to 342.8 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Belgium, Canada, United States, Australia and China.

[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32493 Paleobiology Database]

File:Forbesiocrinus multibrachiatus (crinoid).jpg]]

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