Dizygocrinus, also known as the feather star, is a genus of extinct sea lily from the Batocrinidae family.

Dizygocrinus
Temporal range: Carboniferous [1]
Fossil of Dizygocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.)
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Dizygocrinus

Wachsmuth and Springer, 1897 [2]

These stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Carboniferous period of United States, from 345.0 to 342.8 Ma.[1]

Species

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  • Dizygocrinus biturbinatus (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus indianaensis (Lyon and Casseday)
  • Dizygocrinus caroli (Hall)
  • Dizygocrinus whitei (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus originarius (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus montgomeryensis (Worthen)
  • Dizygocrinus gorbyi (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus venustus (Miller)
  • Dizygocrinus peculiaris (Miller and Gurley)
  • Dizygocrinus mutabilis (Wachsmuth and Springer)
  • Dizygocrinus cantonensis (Wachsmuth and Springer)

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References

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  1. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Wachsmuth C. and Springer F. (1897) The North American Crinoidea Camerata. Harvard College Museum of Comparative Zoology Memoirs 20 and 21, 897 p
  3. ^ W. Ausich, T. W. Kammer Dizygocrinus; Mississippian camerate crinoid (Echinodermata) from the midcontinental United States Journal of Paleontology , July 1992, v. 66, p. 637-658