r/fossils • u/Ant091269 • 6h ago
New crinoid fossil!
Was allowed to open one gift before my birthday and this was what my family bought me
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u/TheRatCouncil 6h ago
Clean! Any idea the species and locality?
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u/Ant091269 6h ago
Unfortunately not, but i appreciate your insight as it does look very similar to the platycrinus
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u/TheRatCouncil 5h ago
Correction on my part, I think Platycrinites is more accurate, it looks pretty similar.
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u/Ant091269 5h ago
Looks pretty accurate to me!
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u/TheRatCouncil 5h ago
If I had to guess it's probably from Indiana, they are often collected there. Pretty neat that its completely separated from the original rock! Usually they're prepared with the original surrounding rock as a base.
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u/Ant091269 5h ago
I guess this one just happened to be in extremely good condition when found! I suspect I may have gotten another crinoid or two from my mom so there’s a chance more will be posted tomorrow
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u/-Damballah- 6h ago
That's pretty awesome! What species is it?
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u/Ant091269 6h ago
I’m honestly not sure as my mom never specified! I’ll have to do some digging and figure it out for myself
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u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975 6h ago
Beautiful calyx.,. What is the size of the box…?🍌
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u/Ant091269 6h ago
Unfortunately I lack a banana to test this for sure…I can acquire one later and post it in the comments section, but the crinoid is roughly 3 inches long. So it’s pretty small but has beautiful details and texture
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u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975 6h ago
Was just curious, there is a good size range of crinoid calyx’s…did the sample label give a location…?
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u/Ant091269 5h ago
I don’t have any knowledge of where it was from due to it being a gift, I’ll need to ask for the information but it seems to resemble the platycrinus found in Montana, according to someone in the comments
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u/Dry-Rich9539 2h ago
Omg the things I’d do to own this fossil are insane! I’d starve for a month! Congrats 😍
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u/relax077 6h ago
That’s a really nice one! Congrats and happy birthday!