Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 382 |
Fossil Type: | Animal |
Fossil Description: | Petrified Crinoid (Sea Lily) stem (prehistoric) |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Small (fragment) |
Class: | Crinoidea (Miller, 1821) |
Order: | Cladida, Flexibilia, Camerata, or Disparida |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Crinoidea sp. (Miller, 1821) |
Era/Period: | Cenozoic/Tertiary |
Epoch/Age: | Miocene/Eocene |
MYA: | 5 to 23/55 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Atlantic Ocean, Manasquan River Inlet |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Manasquan, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Manasquan |
Color: | Tan/cream |
Comments: | Worn, petrified stem is comprised of layered discs, called plates (early Ordovician to Recent) |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF4009.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF4010.jpg |
Image Filename 3: | DSCF4011.jpg |
Image Filename 4: | DSCF4012.jpg |
Image Filename 5: | DSCF4013.jpg |
Image Filename 6: | DSCF4014.jpg |