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Description: | Specimen of a fossil crinoid (sea lily), Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach, collected from the Lower Lias of Early Jurassic age.
Crinoids are also known as sea lilies, because they look a bit like a plant with a long stem and a large flower. They even have 'roots', that attach themselves to the seabed. Crinoids are actually animals that are related to starfish. Each one has a flexible stem and arms, which it uses to funnel food (tiny plants in the sea water), to the mouth.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Crinoidea Classification: Animalia Echinodermata Invertebrata | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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