8" Fossil Crinoid Plate (Two Species) - Monroe County, Indiana

Fossil Crinoid Plate (Two Species) - Monroe County, Indiana #232145

This is a beautiful, 8" wide plate of detailed fossil crinoids from Monroe County, Indiana. These fossils have been microscopically prepared using air abrasives, revealing their intricate details and three dimensional preservation. The two crinoids include a beautifully preserved Histocrinus coreyi (2.2" long including stem) crinoid and a Hypselocrinus hoveyi (1.8" long including stem) crinoid. A large crinoid stem runs across the rock adjacent to the two crinoids, and an additional crinoid has been exposed from the opposite side of the rock.

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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