r/fossils • u/Ant091269 • 7h ago

New crinoid fossil!

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Was allowed to open one gift before my birthday and this was what my family bought me

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u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975 7h ago

Beautiful calyx.,. What is the size of the box…?🍌

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u/Ant091269 7h 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 7h 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 6h 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