3.4" Fossil Crinoid (Histocrinus) - Monroe County, Indiana

Fossil Crinoid (Histocrinus) - Monroe County, Indiana #263083

This is a Histocrinus coreyi crinoid from the Edwardsville Formation of Monroe County, Indiana. The quality of preparation on this fossil is exquisite, using skillful air-abrasion techniques under a stereo microscope.

It 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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