Aaglacrinus

Not to be confused with Aglaocrinus, another extinct genus in the Crinoidea class.

Aaglacrinus is an extinct genus of crinoidea in the Cladia order.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} It has been proposed that it was a stationary (attached) suspension feeder the hard parts of which were composed of magnesium calcite.^[4][9]

Aaglacrinus Temporal range: 359.2–299.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Carboniferous[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Order:	Cladida
Family:	Dendrocrinidae
Genus:	Aaglacrinus G. D. Webster, 1981[2][3]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Aaglaocrinus[2][3]

Species

There are currently two species in this genus, both of which are under the name Aaglaocrinus:

• Aaglaocrinus bowsheri (Webster & Kues, 2006)^[10][11]
• Aaglaocrinus sphaeri (Strimple 1949)^[12][13][14]