Neocrinus

Neocrinus is a genus of crinoids in the family Balanocrinidae, which is otherwise extinct (this genus being a relict). Members of this genus appeared in the fossil record 23.03 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch,^[2] and currently contains three known extant species.^[1]

Neocrinus Temporal range: 23.03–Recent Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Neocrinus decorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Order:	Isocrinida
Family:	Balanocrinidae
Subfamily:	Balanocrininae
Genus:	Neocrinus Thomson, 1864
Synonyms[1]
Hypalocrinus Clark, 1908

Species

• Neocrinus blakei (Carpenter, 1884)
• Neocrinus decorus (Thomson, 1864)
• Neocrinus naresianus (Carpenter, 1884)