Palaeocrinoidea

plural noun

Palaeo·​crinoidea

in some classifications

: an order of Paleozoic stalked crinoids of supposedly primitive type having the actinal side of the calyx closed compare neocrinoidea

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pale- + Crinoidea

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