Museum Crawfordsville Crinoid Plate with 8 crinoids & 7 species

8 crinoids and 7 species as listed in table below

Geological Time: Lower Mississippian, Osagean Stage

Size: Matrix is 270 by 270; Crinoids are:

#
Genus/species
Crown
length
Stem length
Type
1 Barycrinus stellatus
20
60
Inadunate
2 Macrocrinus mundulus
50
115
Camerate
3 Ulrichicrinus coryphaeus
55
30
Inadunate
4 Macrocrinus mundulus
50
75
Camerate
5 Agaricrinus splendens
55
0
Camerate
6 Taxicrinus colletti
10
3
Flexible
7 Sarocrinus varsourensis (Rare)
18
50
.
8 Parisocrinus crawfordsvillensis
20
90
Inadunate

Crawfordsville crinoid plate with 7 species

Location: Crawfordsville, Indiana


Museum-quality is probably an understatement for this exquisite crinoid plate from the famous Crawfordsville beds. It contains 8 crinoids across 7 distinct species, and all prepped by one of the best in the world. Among the seven species are representatives of Inadunate, Camerate and Flexible crinoids. The crinoid associations are an amazing example of the propensity of nature to fill all the niches in an environment. If you were to choose one crinoid plate for your collection, this piece would be hard to exceed by many measures.


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8 crinoids and 7 species
Barycrinus stellatus Ulrichicrinus coryphaeus Agaricrinus splendens
Sarocrinus varsourensis (Rare) Parisocrinus crawfordsvillensis Taxicrinus colletti

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