Crinoidea indet
Geological Time: Upper Ordovician, Upper Caradoc Stage (~450 million years ago)
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Crinoid fossils are: 20 mm long crown with 30 mm stem and 8 mm long crown with 13 mm long stem, Matrix: 155 mm by 115 mm
Fossil Site: El Kaid Errami, Morocco
Code: 13064
Price: $95.00
 Description:
This plate shows a pair of crinoids. The larger has attached cirri
which helped serve as an additional anchoring system to augment
the roots. The detail here is quite amazing with the attached segmented
stems, pinnules, and cirri preserved intact. This specimen must
have been buried quickly as the echinoderms are known to quickly
disarticulate after death. Notice there is also a tiny starfish
to the right of the smaller crinoid.
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