Showing posts with label eucladocrinus. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Eucladocrinus kentuckiensis Crinoid

Here are some pictures of some crinoid stems from Lake Cumberland, Kentucky. These are some neat shapes for crinoid discs. This crinoid is called Eucladocrinus kentuckiensis. It grows in a helix shape for its stem. Mississippian Period (Lower Carboniferous) crinoid found in the Fort Payne formation.



Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Eucladocrinus kentuckiensis Crinoid

Here is a crinoid disc from Lake Cumberland and it appears to be Eucladocrinus kentuckiensis.

This species is documented in the The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Echinodermata, Article 9, Plate 4, Figure 7, Classification and Nomenclature of Fossil Crinoids Based on Studies of Dissociated Parts of Their Columns by Raymond C. Moore and Russell M. Jeffords. The publication was dated January 26, 1968.

I think this looks like cat eye.