Encrinus
| Encrinus Temporal range: Late Silurian-Late Triassic, | |
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| Encrinus fossils on display at the Paläontologisches Museum München | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | †Encrinida |
| Family: | †Encrinidae |
| Genus: | †Encrinus Andreae, 1764 |
Encrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids, and "one of the most famous". It lived during the Late Silurian-Late Triassic, and its fossils have been found in Europe.