Delocrinus

Delocrinus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: †Dendrocrinida
Family: †Catacrinidae
Genus: †Delocrinus
Miller and Gurley, 1890
Species
  • Delocrinus admirensis
  • Delocrinus densus
  • Delocrinus missouriensis
  • Delocrinus titicara
  • Delocrinus vastus
  • Delocrinus verbeeki
  • Delocrinus vulgatus

Delocrinus is a genus of extinct crinoids, belonging to the family Catacrinidae. Specimens have been found in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

Eperisocrinus missouriensis, formerly Delocrinus missouriensis, was made the state fossil of Missouri in 1989.

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