Detailed Dimerocrinites Camerate Silurian Crinoid

Dimerocrinites elegans

Subclass Camerata, Order Diplobathrida, Family Dimerocrinitidae

Geological Time: Early Silurian (~435 Million Years Ago)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Crinoid is 35 mm by 26 mm wide, Matrix: 72 mm by 45 mm

Fossil Site: Goeland Formation, Sept Iles, Quebec, Canada

Code: MMT181

Price: $195.00


Dimerocrinites elegans crinoidDescription: I have just recently been able to secure a selection of Early Silurian crinoids from Quebec Province, Canada. This is a specimen of Dimerocrinites elegans from the Sept Iles region of Quebec. Most are only known from fragmentary material, so an example such as this is most unusual. See my other listings for a fine 3-D Dimerocrinites specimen of an assemblage of this crinoid from the region.

Reference: Palaeontographica Canadiana, Monograph 29, 2010.

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