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| Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Specimen Catalog Number: USNM PAL 39909 Specimen GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ce242a9-26bb-4138-8ab4-fccdd1ce4954
Photographer Suzanne McIntire. Specimen housed in the collections of
the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution |
Melonite granulatus (Troost, 1850) crinoid calyx fossil described in
A Critical Summary of Troost's Unpublished Manuscript on the Crinoids of Tennessee
by
Elvira Wood
1909. This crinoid was found in Cumberland Gap Claiborne County Tennessee USA (Mississippian Period). It was assigned
U.S. National Museum number 39909 and identified as a holotype.While fossil is described on pages 107-108, no explanation as to why no illustration was provided.
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| Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Specimen Catalog Number: USNM PAL 39909 Specimen GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ce242a9-26bb-4138-8ab4-fccdd1ce4954
Photographer Suzanne McIntire. Specimen housed in the collections of
the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution |
