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Ordovician crinoid bit or something else?

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This specimen is from the Ordovician Platteville Formation of Wisconsin. The top part looks like a crinoid stem, but the larger disc at the bottom is throwing me off. My only thought was possibly a holdfast. Any thoughts?

 

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Bottom of a calyx?  :headscratch:

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