Crinoid Fossil Plate - SOLD 2.047" rockinaboxromanglassfragment beginning with Columbia's inaugural mission

beginning with Columbia's inaugural mission in 1981 and concluding with Atlantis' final mission in 2011

this fossil had restoration work done in line with the techniques of the time

before the city itself was even recognized

From Egypt and Classical Greece to China and the Americas

and turtles

Crinoid Fossil Plate - SOLD 2.047" rockinaboxromanglassfragment beginning with Columbia's inaugural missionCrinoids are an incredible group of aquatic animals that attach themselves to the seafloor and filter feeds with beautiful feathered arms. These creatures are echinoids, an ancient and varied group of life. Crinoids emerged in the fossil record over 541,000,000 years ago and some species still exist to this day. This specimen is a 2. 047" crinoid fossil plate that dates to about 323,000,000 to 331,000,000 years old. It comes from the Bangor Limestone