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Decadocrinus

Decadocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Early Carboniferous of Europe and North America.

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Decadocrinus
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
Decadocrinus depressus on display at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Family: †Decadocrinidae
Genus: †Decadocrinus
Wachsmuth & Springer, 18791

Decadocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Early Carboniferous of Europe and North America.

The following species are assigned to this genus:1

  • Decadocrinus crassidactylus Laudon, 1936
  • Decadocrinus pachydactylus Laudon, 1936
  • Decadocrinus spinulifer Laudon, 1936
  • Decadocrinus subhemisphericus Moore & Plummer, 1940
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