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Description: | Specimen of a fossil crinoid (sea lily), Cyathocrinus tuberculatus, collected from the Coalbrookdale Formation of Early Silurian, Wenlock, Sheinwoodian - Homerian age from Dudley, West Midlands (Midland England).
Crinoids (sea lilies) were animals related to sea urchins and starfish. Their skeletons were composed of numerous plates made of calcium carbonate. Usually, after death, these fragile skeletons fell to pieces and it is rare to find examples as complete as this. The Silurian rocks exposed at Dudley are world famous for the crinoids and other well preserved fossils they contain.
The specimen was found in West Midlands.
It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Crinoidea Classification: Animalia Echinodermata Invertebrata | Temporal: | Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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