Platycrinus (platikrinus)

[NL., Gr. πλατύς, broad, flat, + + κρίνον, κρίνον,1 lily (see crinoid ).] The typical genus of Platycrinidæ, from the limestone of the coal-measures: so named from the flatne and breadth of the radial plates on the receptacle. Originally Platy crinites. a. platy dactyl, platydactyle (plat-i-dak'til), and n. [ NL.platy dactylus, belonging to the