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Metacrinus

echinoderm genus

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In sea lily
…tall—many belong to the genus Metacrinus, distributed from Japan to Australia. A common West Indies species is Neocrinus decorus. More than 5,000 extinct species—some 20 m (65 feet) long—are known. They are important index fossils of the Paleozoic Era (from 542 million to 251 million years ago).
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