Forbesiocrinus

Forbesiocrinus; Temporal range: Devonian - Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Forbesiocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Crinozoa
Class:	Crinoidea
Order:	Sagenocrinida
Genus:	Forbesiocrinus; Koninck and Le Hon, 1854

Forbesiocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Fossil records[edit]

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Devonian period to the Carboniferous period (age range: 370.6 to 342.8 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Belgium, Canada, United States, Australia and China. ^[2]

References[edit]

^ L. G. de Koninck and H. Le Hon, 1854 Recherches sur les crinoïdes du terrain carbonifère de la Belgique, Bruxelles, M. Hayez, imprimeur, 1854.
^ Paleobiology Database

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[1] L. G. de Koninck and H. Le Hon, 1854 Recherches sur les crinoïdes du terrain carbonifère de la Belgique, Bruxelles, M. Hayez, imprimeur, 1854.

[2] Paleobiology Database

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