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Photographs © B.Marsh SOES Crinoids
Ocean
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Fossils
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Marsupites | Marsupites | Marsupites | Marsupites | Marsupites | Marsupites |
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Bourgeticrinu... | Pentacrinites | Pentacrinites
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Crinoid | Pentacrinus
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Pentacrinites
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About Crinoids
Age: Marsupities testudinarius (schlotheim), about 80 million years old,
Pentacrinites, Jurassic, Lower Lias, about 200 million years old
Lived: Sessile animal living on sea floor
Informal Name: Sea LilyNote: The Marsupites and Bourgeticrinus specimens were skillfully prepared for research and display by Robert Randell SOES
School of Ocean and Earth Science
University of Southampton
National Oceanography Centre
European WaySouthamptonSO143ZH, United Kingdom
Author: Barry MarshLast Updated: June 2011