# Neocrinus

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{{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 [crinoid](/source/crinoid)s in the family [Balanocrinidae](/source/Balanocrinidae), which is otherwise extinct (this genus being a [relict](/source/Relict_(biology))). Members of this genus appeared in the [fossil record](/source/fossil_record) 23.03 million years ago in the [Miocene Epoch](/source/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](/source/Neocrinus_blakei)'' (Carpenter, 1884)
* ''[Neocrinus decorus](/source/Neocrinus_decorus)'' (Thomson, 1864)
* ''[Neocrinus naresianus](/source/Neocrinus_naresianus)'' (Carpenter, 1884)

==References==
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Category:Isocrinida
Category:Crinoid genera
Category:Taxa described in 1864

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