fossil
crinoid
Crinoidea · stem segments
The tell
Stacked discs, like a roll of coins, each with a hole or a tiny star in the middle. Loose single segments are far more common than a stack.
Crinoids are animals, not plants. They are sea lilies. What you have is a piece of the stalk, and complete heads are museum finds.
What it gets mistaken for
- bryozoan
- branching coral
- beads
- Cheerios
The facts
- also calledCrinoidea · stem segments
- age~380 million yrs
- where it turns upAlpena to Traverse · statewide in gravel
- on the chartfossil · 500 stickers ever
Put it on the shelf
Every stone on this chart is drawn and kiss-cut at three inches. The rarer the stone, the fewer exist: only 500 crinoid will ever be printed, then the run is retired.
10% of every order goes to the Roscommon County Animal Shelter.