Iocrinus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}

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| name = Iocrinus

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| image = Iocrinus subcrassus, crinoid, Late Ordovician, McMillan Formation, Butler County, Ohio, USA - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01499.JPG

| image_caption = Iocrinus subcrassus

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| classis = Crinoidea

| ordo = Disparida

| familia = Iocrinidae

| genus = Iocrinus

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Iocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoid{{Cite web |date=2013-12-07 |title=Iocrinus |url=https://www.ordovicianatlas.org/atlas/echinodermata/crinoidea/disparida/iocrinidae/iocrinus/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Atlas of Ordovician Life |language=en-US}} (sea lilies and feather stars). It is an early form of crinoid, from the Ordovician rock of North America, England, and Gilwern Hill, Powys in Wales.

Selected species

References

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  • [https://archive.today/20130412084130/http://museumu03.museumwww.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=31940&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database entry]
  • [http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2032/Pages%20313-323.pdf Iocrinus in the Ordovician of England and Wales]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Stuart M. Kelly, Functional Morphology and Evolution of Iocrinus: An Ordovician Disparid Inadunate Crinoid, Indiana University, 1978.

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Category:Iocrinidae

Category:Ordovician crinoids

Category:Ordovician echinoderms of Europe

Category:Ordovician echinoderms of North America

Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario

Category:Verulam Formation

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