Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Culmicrinus elegans Crinoid Calyx Fossil

From the Age of Crinoids or the Mississippian Period, this southern Indiana fossil is thought to be a Culmicrinus elegans (Wachsmuth & Springer, 1897). If the state of Indiana had an official state fossil it would probably be some sort of Mississippian Period crinoid.

1 comment:

Tony Edger said...

The crinoids you've featured in the previous two posts were nice, but this one is spectacular! I'd love to learn more about it. Thanks for the post.