† tortoise encriniten.Obsolete a fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > fossil or encrinite > member of genus Marsupites
tortoise encrinite1808
marsupite1821
1808 J. ParkinsonOrg. Remains Former World II. xxii. 225 The extraordinary fossil, which, from the disposition of the plates of which it is formed, may be termed the Tortoise Encrinite.