Wondering if there is a thing called #FossilFriday. Maybe there should be. I randomly came across this closeup shot of giant crinoid stem pieces from 2009 at a Tucson Gem & Mineral show. The slab was about 4’ long with a few dozen fossils left protruding. If anyone likes I can share a link to an album. #Fossil #Crinoid #paleontology
500 mln years old smile

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A drawer of fossil sea-lilies, or crinoids. One of many drawers of Silurian reef fossils from the UK in the #NottNatHist Museum collections

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Fossilized Crinoid pieces - like scattered nuts, gears and bolts.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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A scattering of fossilized Crinoid stems and segments. Arranged as they lay on an ancient sea bed over 300 million years ago.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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A pair of fossilized Crinoid stems.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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Fossilized Solitary Rugose Coral with some fossil Crinoid segments scattered around it.
These are Carboniferous era marine fossils, deposited here over 300 million years ago.
County Donegal, Ireland.

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