A NEW CRYPTOCRINID GENUS (EOCRINOIDEA, ECHINODERMATA) FROM THE BIOHERM-RELATED FACIES OF THE VOLKHOV STAGE (LATE ARENIGIAN, ORDOVICIAN), LENINGRAD REGION

Abstract

A new cryplocrinid, Paracryptocrinites bockeliei gen. et sp. nov. (Eocrinoidea, Echinodermata), from the Volkhov (Upper Arenigian, Ordovician) Bioherm-related Facies of the eastern Leningrad region is described. The structure of the bioherms associated with this genus is described.