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Apiocrinites

Apiocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoid that lived from the Middle to the Late Jurassic of Asia and Europe.

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Apiocrinites
Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic
Apiocrinites negevensis Ausich and Wilson, 2012, Matmor Formation, Jurassic, Israel.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Millericrinida
Genus: Apiocrinites

Apiocrinites (from Greek: ἄπιον apion, 'pear' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive')1 is an extinct genus of crinoid that lived from the Middle to the Late Jurassic of Asia and Europe.

References

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 10. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
Sources

Sources

  • William I. Ausich and Mark A. Wilson (2012). "New Tethyan Apiocrinitidae (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Jurassic of Israel". Journal of Paleontology 86 (6): 1051–1055. doi:10.1666/12-049R.1
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The distinctive proximale of Apiocrinites negevesis; Matmor Formation; Middle Jurassic of southern Israel. source ↗