Ordovician Crinoid Fossil with Globular Calyx

Part and Counterpart Specimen

Crinoidea indet

Phylum Echinodermata, Class Crinoidea

Geological Time: Middle Ordovician

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Crinoid fossil 35 mm long with 30 mm stem Matrix: 130 mm by 40 mm and 100 mm by 40 mm pair

Fossil Site: El Kaid Errami, Morocco ( East of Anti-atlas Mountains)

Code: 14025

Price: Sold


Ordovician Crinoid Fossil Description: This plate shows an unusual crinoid with a globular calyyx. The detail here is quite amazing with the attached segmented stem, and pinnules preserved intact. This specimen must have been buried quickly as the echinoderms are known to quickly disarticulate after death. Seen here as a part/counterpart example it is a nice 3-D specimen.

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