EARLY CARBONIFEROUS ECHINODERMS OF THE MOSCOW REGION

Abstract

Despite the fact that crinoids were an important component of the benthic communities in the Early Carboniferous seas of central European Russia, their remains have been only poorly studied so far. The present work partly fills this gap in knowledge. In addition to the description of these fossils, attention is paid to blastoids and other organisms from the same faunas, as well as to localities where crinoids and blastoids are abundant. This study may be of interest to paleontologists and geologists.