Crinoid Star – FP9779 – Dorset Fossils, Tidmoor Point, Keepsake, Collectible, Gift, Kids

Description

All of our Fossils are 100% Genuine Specimens & come with a Certificate of Authenticity

Specimen: Crinoid Star

Age: Oxford Clay, Jurassic

Location: Tidmoor Point, Dorset

Size (picture scale cube=1cm):   5 x 5 x 4mm (0.2 x 0.2 x 0.16 inches)

Crinoids are an ancient fossil group that first appeared in the seas of the Middle Cambrian, about 300 million years before dinosaurs. The name comes from the Greek word krinon, ‘a lily’, and eidos, ‘form’. They live in both shallow water and in depths