Crinoid Fossil Cupresso Crinites Crinoid fossil, Cupressocrinites

Crinoid Fossil Cupresso Crinites Crinoid fossil, Cupressocrinites with display stand

Crinoids are also commonly known as sea lillies. Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata). Crinoidea comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 9,000 meters (30,000 ft).Sea lilies refer to the crinoids which, in their adult form, are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk. Feather stars or comatulids refer to the unstalked forms.The fossil comes with an acrylic click and twist display stand.
Date:  Late Devonian 375 MYO Provenance:Morocco
Size: 11 x 6.8 cm Depth 2 cm weight 444  gm
Condition: When fossils such as this one are removed from the ground, it is necessary to break open the matrix to see if there is a fossil inside. Inevitably, the fossil can easily be broken during this process and there will have been some repair/reconstruction. However, this specimen is  well preserved  and has good detail.. code 9962