Scyphocrinus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crinoids}}

{{Taxobox

| name = Scyphocrinus

| fossil_range = Silurian to Devonian

| image = Crinoidea - Scyphocrinus elegans.JPG

| image_width = 250px

| image_caption = Scyphocrinus elegans from Morocco. Lower Devonian (410 Ma)

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| subphylum = Crinozoa

| classis = Crinoidea

| subclassis = Camerata

| ordo = Monobathrida

| genus = Scyphocrinus

| genus_authority = Zenker

| synonyms =

• Camarocrinus

}}

Scyphocrinus, is an extinct genus of crinoids. Species belonging to this genus lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods (from 443.4 to 358.9 Ma).[http://eol.org/pages/4707494/overview Encyclopedia of Life][http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=4320073 Organism Names]

The crinoid genus Camarocrinus have been considered by some authors the bulbous distal end of the stem of Scyphocrinus, having the function of a root and fixing the crinoid to the sea button.Frank Springer [http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/BHLCollections/SIL-036-008/pdf/SIL-036-008.pdf On the Crinoid Genus Scyphocrinus and its bulbous root Camarocrinus]

File:Plovdiv Museum of Natural History - Fossil exhibition - Scyphocrinites.jpg