Cryptoblastus

Cryptoblastus Temporal range: Mississippian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Subphylum:	Crinozoa
Class:	Crinoidea
Genus:	Cryptoblastus (extinct)

Cryptoblastus is a genus of extinct blastoids, a primitive group of echinoderms related to the modern sea lilies.^[1] Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks laid down in the Early Carboniferous era some 360 to 320 million years ago. ^[2]

References

1. ^ "Blastoid Association Plate from Burlington Formation". The Virtual Fossil Museum: Fossils Across Geological Time and Evolution. http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil-Pictures/Blastoids/Crinoid13/blastoids.htm. Retrieved June 27, 2009. 
2. ^ Cryptoblastus. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/145001/Cryptoblastus

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