Apiocrinites (from Greek: ἄπιον apion, 'pear' and Greek: κρίνω krino 'to perceive')[1] is an extinct genus of crinoid that lived from the Middle to the Late Jurassic of Asia and Europe.
| Apiocrinites Temporal range: Middle - Late Jurassic
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| Apiocrinites negevensis Ausich and Wilson, 2012, Matmor Formation, Jurassic, Israel. | |
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| Genus: | Apiocrinites
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References
edit- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 10. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
Sources
edit- William I. Ausich and Mark A. Wilson (2012). "New Tethyan Apiocrinitidae (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Jurassic of Israel". Journal of Paleontology 86 (6): 1051–1055. doi:10.1666/12-049R.1
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