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LOT 0396
Natural History - Massive Crinoid Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
68 1/8 in. (90.5 kg, 1.73 m).
An impressive display containing multiple intact Scyphocrinus elegans specimens showing detailed crowns and stalks.
ProvenanceFrom Erfoud, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Crinoids are filter feeding sea animals, which attach themselves to the bottom of the ocean with a stalk. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. Today they are referred to as ‘Sea Lilies’, and are virtually identical to their fossil relatives, making them living fossils.
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The polished ammonite set on a textured matrix. 562 grams, 16 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
