Neocrinus
Sign in to saveNeocrinus is a genus of crinoids in the family Balanocrinidae, which is otherwise extinct (this genus being a relict). Members of this genus appeared in the fossil record 23.03 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, and currently contains three known extant species.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassCrinoidea
- OrderIsocrinida
- FamilyIsocrinidae
Habitatmarine
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Neocrinus is a genus of crinoids in the family Balanocrinidae, which is otherwise extinct (this genus being a relict). Members of this genus appeared in the fossil record 23.03 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, and currently contains three known extant species.
==Species== Neocrinus blakei (Carpenter, 1884) Neocrinus decorus (Thomson, 1864) Neocrinus naresianus (Carpenter, 1884)