Rare Cleiocrinus Crinoid Crown From Ontario

This is a partial crown of a rare Cleiocrinus sp. crinoid from the Verulam Formation of Ontario.

Crinoids are commonly known as sea lilies, though they are animals, not plants. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. They attached themselves to the sea floor and had feathery, tentacle-like appendages which they used to capture particles of food. First appearing in the Ordovician period, 488 million years ago, they still survive to this day in deep water.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Cleiocrinus sp.
LOCATION
Simcoe County, Ontario
FORMATION
Verulam Formation
SIZE
1.3 tall on 2.5x2.5" matrix
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#8632
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