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Description: | Specimen of a crinoid (sea lily), Cyathocrinites sp., collected from the Ford Formation (reef facies) of Late Permian, Zechstein (Durham Province), EZ1 age from Claxheugh Quarry, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (NE England). Collected by Woolacott, D., Dr.
This is a piece of rock from the reef of the Zechstein Sea in the Sunderland area. This sea stretched from what is now north east England to Poland, around 250 million years ago. Reefs commonly form ridges, as the bryozoans (moss animals), shellfish and other animals that live on them die, and the remains of their hard skeletons and shells pile up. In this piece of rock, fossils of brachiopods (lamp shells) and crinoids (sea lily) stems can be seen.
The specimen was found in NE England.
It is from the Permian period (290 - 248 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Crinoidea Classification: Animalia Echinodermata Invertebrata Dr. Woolacott D. | Temporal: | Permian period (290 - 248 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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