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Australian fossil crinoid?

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This specimen was found amongst shells and bryozoans. I am assuming crinoid but my knowledge on them isnt that good. What are the small little worm looking things next to the stem?15352574978873422765636961743485.thumb.jpg.dd979150c7a4100ae0733e6c41465084.jpg

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1 hour ago, Foozil said:

The worm things are the 'arms' of the crinoid. 

They could be displaced arms, but I think cirri would be a more accurate description.

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32 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

They could be displaced arms, but I think cirri would be a more accurate description.

Good call, fixed 

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Nice!

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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With it's arms at it's sides, it's not the usual crinoid fossil. I like it.

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compare with: Neocamptocrinus sp. 

 

figures from:

 

Willink, R.J.1980

A new coiled-stemmed camerate crinoid from the Permian of eastern Australia.

Journal of Paleontology, 54(1)15-34

 

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46 minutes ago, piranha said:

compare with: Neocamptocrinus sp

Wow, yes!

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