1.65" Fossil Crinoid (Phanocrinus) - Alabama

Fossil Crinoid (Phanocrinus) - Alabama #269882

This is a detailed, 1.65" long (including stem) Mississippian-aged crinoid (Phanocrinus sp.) fossil from the Bangor Limestone in Alabama. This crinoid has been meticulously exposed from the limestone using air-abrasives.

Comes with an acrylic display stand.

Crinoids, sometimes commonly referred to as sea lilies, are animals, not plants. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. Many crinoid traits are like other members of their phylum; such traits include tube feet, radial symmetry, a water vascular system, and appendages in multiples of five (pentameral). They first appeared in the Ordovician (488 million years ago) and some species are still alive today.

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