''Encrinidae'' 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 ...
family of
crinoids belonging to the order
Encrinida.
These stationary epifaunal suspension feeders lived during the
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
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Triassic periods. Fossils of this family have been found in the sediments of Austria, China, Germany, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and, United States.
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Genera
*'' Carnallicrinus''
*'' Cassianocrinus''
*'' Chelocrinus''
*''Encrinus
''Encrinus'' is an Extinction, extinct genus of crinoids, and "one of the most famous". It lived during the Homerian, Late Silurian-Late Triassic, and its fossils have been found in Europe.
History
Fossils of ''Encrinus'' went by several names ...
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*'' Zardinicrinus''
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References
Prehistoric echinoderm families
Prehistoric crinoids
Extinct animals of Europe
Triassic crinoids
Triassic first appearances
Triassic extinctions
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