''Scytalocrinus'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of crinoids.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records of the

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...

period of United States and United Kinhgdom (age range: from 345.3 to 314.6 million years ago). Paleobiology Database
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Species

* ''Scytalocrinus barumensis'' Whidborne 1896 * ''Scytalocrinus crassibrachiatus'' Moore and Strimple 1973 * ''Scytalocrinus sansabensis'' Moore and Plummer 1940

References

* See also

List of crinoid genera This list of crinoid genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been considered to be crinoids, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that a ...

Cladida Prehistoric crinoid genera {{paleo-crinoidea-stub