{{Short description|Genus of crinoids}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Neocrinus | authority = Thomson, 1864 | image = Neocrinus decorus (YPM IZ 070048).jpg | image_caption = ''Neocrinus decorus'' | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|23.03|Recent}} | synonyms = * ''Hypalocrinus'' Clark, 1908 | synonyms_ref=<ref name=":0"/> }}
'''''Neocrinus''''' is a genus of crinoids in the family Balanocrinidae, which is otherwise extinct (this genus being a relict). Members of this genus appeared in the fossil record 23.03 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eol.org/pages/4708317/data|title=Encyclopedia of Life|website=eol.org|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> and currently contains three known extant species.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412736|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neocrinus Thomson, 1864|website=www.marinespecies.org|access-date=2025-06-18}}</ref>
==Species== * ''Neocrinus blakei'' (Carpenter, 1884) * ''Neocrinus decorus'' (Thomson, 1864) * ''Neocrinus naresianus'' (Carpenter, 1884)
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Category:Isocrinida Category:Crinoid genera Category:Taxa described in 1864
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