Eretmocrinus Temporal range:
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Fossil Eretmocrinus from Carboniferous of Indiana (U.S.A.) | |
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Genus: | † Eretmocrinus Lyon and Casseday, 1859
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Eretmocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids.
This genus is known in the fossil record of the Carboniferous period (age range: 353.8 to 311.45 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Canada and United States. [2]