Gilbertsocrinus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}
{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Devonian|Carboniferous}}[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]
| image = Gilbertsocrinus NMNH.jpg
| image_caption = G. tuberosus specimen, National Museum of Natural History
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Echinodermata
| subphylum = Crinozoa
| classis = Crinoidea
| subclassis = Camerata
| familia = Rhodocrinidae
| genus = Gilbertsocrinus
| genus_authority = Phillips 1836
}}
Gilbertsocrinus are an extinct genus of Paleozoic stalked crinoids.[http://eol.org/pages/4708252/overview Encyclopedia of Life]
These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Devonian of the Czech Republic and United States, as well as in the Carboniferous of the United Kingdom and United States, from 416.0 to 345.0 Ma.
Species
Description
Gilbertsocrinus are quite common crinoids with some unusual features. They have a flexible column, an unusual holdfast, tegmen appendages and minute arms.. B. Meek [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4624022 Note on the Genus Gilbertsocrinus, Phillips]Kathy A. Hollisa and William I. Ausichb [http://cjes.geoscienceworld.org/content/45/2/135.abstract The Holdfast of Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus (Mississippian, Crinoidea)]
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Category:Extinct animals of North America
Category:Extinct animals of Europe
Category:Carboniferous crinoids
Category:Devonian first appearances
Category:Carboniferous extinctions
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