Neocrinus
| Neocrinus Temporal range:
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| Neocrinus decorus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Isocrinida |
| Family: | Balanocrinidae |
| Subfamily: | Balanocrininae |
| Genus: | Neocrinus Thomson, 1864 |
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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.