''Parisangulocrinus'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
crinoid
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s from the Early
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
of
Europe
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.
References
* ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 166)
''Parisangulocrinus''in the
Paleobiology Database
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History
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Cladida
Prehistoric crinoid genera
Devonian animals of Europe
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