Lampterocrinus tennesseensis

 
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CLASS - Crinoidea
ORDER - Diplobathrida
FAMILY - Lampterocrinidae
GENUS/SPECIES - Lampterocrinus tennesseensis

ROCK UNIT - Brownsport Formation

AGE - Silurian (425 million years old)

LOCALITY - d, Tennessee, USA


These specimens represent the highly ornamented cup (lower) portion of crown that possesses a very large anal tube at the top. The plates making up the cup were more sutured together than those comprising the anal tube, so only the cup was preserved.

PRI 43601


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