Crinoid & Blastoid Fossils
The earliest known crinoid groups date back to the Ordovician. Sea lilies are in fact animals, despite the appearance of being plants. They filter food from the surrounding water by the use of feeding arms. They live in both shallow water and in depths as great as 9,000 meters (30,000 ft). Those crinoids which, in their adult form, are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk.
Some fossil crinoids, such as Pentacrinites, seem to have lived attached to floating driftwood and complete colonies are often found. Sometimes this driftwood would become waterlogged and sink to the bottom, taking the attached crinoids with it. The stem of Pentacrinites can be several metres long. Modern relatives of Pentacrinites live in gentle currents attached to rocks by the end of their stem. The largest fossil crinoid on record had a stem 40 m (130 ft) in length.
Blastoids lived from the Ordovician to the Permian. Often called sea buds, blastoid fossils look like small hickory nuts. They first appear, along with many other echinoderm classes, in the Ordovician period, and reached their greatest diversity in the Mississippian sub period of the Carboniferous period. However, Blastoids may have originated in the Cambrian. Blastoids persisted until their extinction at the end of Permian, about 250 million years ago. Although never as diverse as their contemporary relatives, the crinoids, blastoids are common fossils
British Pleurocrinus ellipticus & Amphoracrinus gilbertsoni + gigas - Clitheroe Crinoids
Crinoidal limestone containing stems, and partial or near complete Calyxes (where all the digestive and reproductive organs was kept in the Crinoid). Age: Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 340 MYO. Found in Salthill Quarry, Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK.
Scyphocrinites elegans
Classic Crinoidal limestone display pieces. Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco. Age: Upper Silurian.
These are fragile and only suitable for shipping within the United Kingdom. We are happy to sell to anywhere in the world but as the shipping takes longer, there is a greater risk of damage, despite strong packing.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid G11
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Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 25.0cm x 25.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 25.0cm x 25.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 01
£6.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 6.05cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 6.05cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 02
£7.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 7.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 7.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 09
£5.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 8.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 8.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 010
£8.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 8.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 8.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 015
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Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 7.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 7.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 027
£4.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 8.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 8.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 026
£4.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 8.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 8.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 028
£6.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 10.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 10.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 033
£5.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 9.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 9.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 036
£4.99
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Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 9.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 9.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 038
£4.49
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 7.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 7.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 039
£5.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 9.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 9.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 040
£5.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 10.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 10.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 045
£6.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 9.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 9.5cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 042
£6.49
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 10.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 10.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 043
£9.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 12.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 12.0cm long
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid B
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Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 14.5cm x 10.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 14.5cm x 10.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid H
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Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 25.0cm x 20.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 25.0cm x 20.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid O
£279.99
£219.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 22.0cm x 20.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 22.0cm x 20.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid N
£299.99
£199.99
Scyphocrinites elegans
Size: 27.0cm x 18.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 27.0cm x 18.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid M
£289.99
£219.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 28.0cm x 17.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Size: 28.0cm x 17.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 4
£119.99
£79.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 26.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 3
£139.99
£119.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 32.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 7
£179.99
£129.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 31.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 6
£159.99
£119.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 24.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 10
£179.99
£129.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 30.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
Scyphocrinites Moroccan Crinoid 9
£159.99
£119.99
Scyphocrinites elegans with Calyx
Size: 33.0cm
Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco.
Age: Upper Silurian
Affordable and prepared specimen with very fine details. As its very old it will have had some repairs! Crinoids are animals, despite looking like plants and these make great presents as they display so well in interior design projects.
