Solanocrinus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Cretaceous
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Solanocrinus

Münster, 1839
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S. thiollieri
Binomial name
Solanocrinus thiollieri
Loriol, 1888

Solanocrinus thiollieri is an extinct species of crinoids from Jura, France. Like other feather stars, Solanocrinus did not have a stem and was not attached to the ocean floor. Instead, it possessed 22 prehensile tendrils, called "cirri," which it used to grab onto rocks.

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