Three Fossil Crinoids (Aorocrinus) - Gilmore City, Iowa

This is an association of three fossil crinoids, the largest of which is an Aorocrinus crinoid, collected from the Gilmore City Formation of Gilmore City, Iowa. The rock has been meticulously removed using air abrasives to reveal the beautiful structure of these crinoids. One of these crinoids appears to have been stabilized with glue.

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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