Crinoid Fossil

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:14 am

It is actually parts of crinoids and bivalves from upstate New York, USA. Crinoids were the dominant echinoderm (starfish, sea urchins) of the Paleozoic with more than 6,000 described species, there are only 600 or so species living today.They are called sea lillies & feather stars and feed by filtering the water column. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoids
Field of view is 2.5"

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:47 am

Oooh I like fossils, great find!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:35 am

Amazing!

Looks very fresh for thus old.

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:16 am

Nice shot Doug. Even though I don't collect fossils, I do like echinoderms. The ones in your shot are all pieces of stems. It's quite hard to find fossils of the heads...

There are some good ones shown here --> http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Gall ... inoids.htm

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:32 am

Bits and pieces though they may be Doug, these are wonderful.

I have a fossile specimen lying around here somewhere, I can't remember though what it is off hand. To bad I can't take a macro of myself, one of those young whipper snappers at work called me an old fossil just the other day.

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:42 am

Ken Ramos wrote:...called me an old fossil just the other day.

Just one of many Ken, one of many.