Crinoid Fossil Plate - 3.050" mm5 These specimens are stone bifaces

These specimens are stone bifaces and come from North Africa

Some specimens have even been discovered with fossilized soft tissues such as legs

"They resemble small stars so much as hardly to be distinguished from them

This relatively simple pattern was the standard in Europe for hundreds of years

000 years ago in Siberia from the steppe mammoth widespread on that continent

Crinoid Fossil Plate - 3.050" mm5 These specimens are stone bifacesCrinoids are an incredible group of aquatic animals that attach themselves to the seafloor and filter feeds with beautiful feathered arms. These creatures are echinoids, an ancient and varied group of life. Crinoids emerged in the fossil record over 541,000,000 years ago and some species still exist to this day. This specimen is a 3. 050" crinoid fossil plate that dates to about 323,000,000 to 331,000,000 years old. It comes from the Bangor Limestone