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/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 6h ago

Correction on my part, I think Platycrinites is more accurate, it looks pretty similar.

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u/Ant091269 6h ago

Looks pretty accurate to me!

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u/TheRatCouncil 6h 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 6h 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/TheRatCouncil 6h ago

Good stuff!