4.2" Fossil Crinoid (Aphelecrinus) Plate - Alabama

Fossil Crinoid (Aphelecrinus) Plate - Alabama #269880

This is a 4.2" wide section of limestone that contains two fossil crinoids (Aphelecrinus sp.), collected from the Bangor Limestone in Franklin County, Alabama. Both have been beautifully exposed from the rock under microscope 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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