Uintacrinus

<i>Uintacrinus</i>

Uintacrinus

Extinct genus of crinoids

Uintacrinus ("crinoid from the Uinta Mountains") is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Cretaceous of Kansas. It was unusual among crinoids because it had no stalk, and probably floated above the seafloor.[1] It lived in the Western Interior Seaway. This crinoid was a colonial animal with ten long arms each that it used to capture prey.[2]

Quick Facts Uintacrinus Temporal range: Cretaceous, Scientific classification ...

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Mike Everhart, (2004). http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.doc
  2. [2]
    Mike Everhart, (2004). http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.doc

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References

  • Everhart, Mike "Notes on Uintacrinus socialis Grinnell" http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Uintacrinus.doc
  • Bather, Francis Arthur (1895). "On Uintacrinus: a Morphological Study". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895. illustrated by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge: 974–1004. Retrieved 2020-04-13.


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