Small Halysiocrinus Crinoid - Indiana

This is an small Halysiocrinus tunicatus crinoid from the famous Crawfordsville, Indiana crinoid localities. It has been prepared under microscope using air abrasives.

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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SPECIES
Halysiocrinus tunicatus
LOCATION
Montgomery County, Indiana
FORMATION
Ramp Creek Limestone
SIZE
.8" long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#24721
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