| Abrotocrinus Temporal range: Early Carboniferous,
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| Fossil of Abrotocrinus from Carboniferous of United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Parvclass: | Cladida |
| Genus: | †Abrotocrinus Miller and Gurley, 1890 1 |
Abrotocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period of United States and Canada (age range: 353.8 to 345.0 million years ago).2
References
References
- Miller, S.A., and Gurley, W.F.S. (1888). Description of Some New Genera and Species of Echinodermata From the Coal Measures and Subcarboniferous Rocks of Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Sixteenth Annual Report, pp. 327-373.
- Paleobiology Database