3.3" Fossil Crinoid Calyxes and Brachiopod Plate - Indiana

This 3.3" wide piece of shale contains the calyxes of Eucalyptocrinus crassus and Melocrinus obconicus, associated with three brachiopod fossils. The fossils are Silurian in age (430 million years old) from the Waldron Shale of Indiana.

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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SPECIES
Eucalyptocrinus crassus, Melocrinus obconicus & Unidentified Brachiopods
LOCATION
Waldron, Indiana
FORMATION
Waldron Shale
SIZE
Specimen: 3.3 x 2.35" wide
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#252453
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