Abrotocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.

Abrotocrinus
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 353.8–345.0 Ma
Fossil of Abrotocrinus from Carboniferous of United States
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Abrotocrinus

Miller and Gurley, 1890 [1]

Fossil records

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This genus is known in the fossil records of the Carboniferous period of United States and Canada (age range: 353.8 to 345.0 million years ago).[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Miller, S.A., and Gurley, W.F.S. (1888). Description of Some New Genera and Species of Echinodermata From the Coal Measures and Subcarboniferous Rocks of Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. In Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Sixteenth Annual Report, pp. 327-373.
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database