Fossil Crinoid Encrinus Lilliformis Triassic Muschelkalk Germany +Display Stand

 Fossil Crinoid Encrinus Lilliformis Triassic Muschelkalk Germany + Stand

Fossil Crinoid; Encrinus Lilliformis. 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.
Date: Triassic; Muschelkalk Formation. This is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata in the geology of central and western Europe. Around 230 million years old.
Provenance: Germany
Size: 15 x 13x 4.8 cm weight 1.8 kg
Condition: The fossil has some nice clear detail and has other fragment remains which can be interesting to look at under magnification.5753