Dizygocrinus

Dizygocrinus, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily from the Batocrinidae family.

Dizygocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous [1]
Fossil of Dizygocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Order:
Monobathrida
Family:
Batocrinidae
Genus:
Dizygocrinus

Wachsmuth and Springer, 1897 [2]

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period of United States, from 345.0 to 342.8 Ma.[1]

Species
  • Dizygocrinus biturbinatus (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus indianaensis (Lyon and Casseday)
  • Dizygocrinus caroli (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus whitei (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus originarius (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus montgomeryensis (Worthen)
  • Dizygocrinus gorbyi (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus venustus (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus peculiaris (Miller and Gurley)
  • Dizygocrinus mutabilis (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus cantonensis (Wachsmuth and Springer)

[3]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Wachsmuth C. and Springer F. (1897) The North American Crinoidea Camerata. Harvard College Museum of Comparative Zoology Memoirs 20 and 21, 897 p
  3. W. Ausich, T. W. Kammer Dizygocrinus; Mississippian camerate crinoid (Echinodermata) from the midcontinental United States Journal of Paleontology , July 1992, v. 66, p. 637-658


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