Echmatocrinus

Echmatocrinus
Temporal range: Burgess shale
Echmatocrinus Brachiatus.jpg
Echmatocrinus brachiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: Echmatocrinus
Species:
E. brachiatus
Binomial name
Echmatocrinus brachiatus
Sprinkle 1973

Echmatocrinus is a Cambrian animal which resembles a crinoid or an octocoral. Its exact taxonomy is still a subject of debate. It is known only from the Burgess shale. 5 specimens of Echmatocrinus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.

The creature was a little like an inverted cone, with a crown of seven to nine tentacles. Each tentacle was covered with small extensions. The cone itself was covered with irregularly arranged mineralised plates. The organisms lived a solitary lifestyle, although juveniles are sometimes attached to (or budding from) adults.



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