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Crinoid - Phanocrinus formosus

SITE LOCATION: Chesterian Zone of the Bangor Limestone Formation in northern Alabama
TIME PERIOD: Mississippian Period (ca 325,000,000 yrs old)
Data: Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms. The name comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They live in both shallow water and in depths as great as 9,000 meters.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Cridoidea
Order: †Cladida
Family: †Synerocrinidae
Genus: †Phanocrinus
Species: †formosus