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6.2" Wide Crinoid (Eucalyptocrinus) Holdfast - Indiana

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6.2″ Wide Crinoid (Eucalyptocrinus) Holdfast – Indiana

Original price was: $95.00.Current price is: $66.50.

SKU: ZM9ZC 11566431 Category: Echinoderms

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This is a 6.2″ wide holdfast (“root”) of a crinoid of the species Eucalyptocrinus crassus. It is Silurian in age (430 million years old) and was collected from the Waldron Shale of Indiana. The rock has been meticulously worked away to expose this specimen, along with a brachiopods and a small gastropod.

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.

SPECIES	Eucalyptocrinus crassus
AGE	Silurian
LOCATION	Waldron, Indiana
FORMATION	Waldron Shale
SIZE	Holdfast: 6.2" wide, Rock: 7 x 5.85" rock
CATEGORY	Echinoderms
SUB CATEGORY	Crinoid Fossils
ITEM	#281504