Huge Slab Sea Lily (Scyphocrinites)
Despite the name nickname this slab of Scrphocrinites are comprised of crinoids which are animals and not plants. This is because they have muscles, nerves, a gut, a reproductive system and other features of advanced and complex animals. These creatures evolved a plant-like structure so they can stay attached at the seafloor while they reach and catch food. These creatures lived during the Upper Silurian/Lower Devonian Period (about 419.2 million years ago). This particular specimen comes from Morocco, Africa.
Ideal piece for those who are fossil collector, oddities collector, world history collector.
Despite the name nickname this slab of Scrphocrinites are comprised of crinoids which are animals and not plants. This is because they have muscles, nerves, a gut, a reproductive system and other features of advanced and complex animals. These creatures evolved a plant-like structure so they can stay attached at the seafloor while they reach and catch food. These creatures lived during the Upper Silurian/Lower Devonian Period (about 419.2 million years ago). This particular specimen comes from Morocco, Africa.
Ideal piece for those who are fossil collector, oddities collector, world history collector.
Despite the name nickname this slab of Scrphocrinites are comprised of crinoids which are animals and not plants. This is because they have muscles, nerves, a gut, a reproductive system and other features of advanced and complex animals. These creatures evolved a plant-like structure so they can stay attached at the seafloor while they reach and catch food. These creatures lived during the Upper Silurian/Lower Devonian Period (about 419.2 million years ago). This particular specimen comes from Morocco, Africa.
Ideal piece for those who are fossil collector, oddities collector, world history collector.