Agaricocrinus — Agaricocrinus
Agaricocrinus Hectonichus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 3.0

Crinoid

Agaricocrinus

Mushroom crinoid

Agaricocrinus americanus is the mushroom-shaped Mississippian crinoid with a domed calyx, found complete in the Fort Payne Formation of Tennessee and Kentucky and the Edwardsville Formation at Crawfordsville, Indiana. Crawfordsville and Fort Payne crinoids are the finest in North America and complete crowns sell for hundreds to thousands. Check that crowns and stems are original and that arms are not sculpted.

PhylumEchinodermata
ClassCrinoidea
OrderMonobathrida
FamilyCoelocrinidae
GroupCrinoid
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorAustin 1851· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Echinodermata › Crinoidea › Monobathrida › Coelocrinidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)359–340 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences112· Paleobiology Database

Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Agaricocrinus" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/agaricocrinus. Accessed 2026-09-20.

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  title        = {Agaricocrinus},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/agaricocrinus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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