Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
| ID: | 56 |
| Fossil Type: | Animal |
| Fossil Description: | Petrified Crinoid (Sea Lily) stem (prehistoric) |
| Status: | Extinct |
| Relative Size: | Medium (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: | Eocene (Mid Miocene to Late Eocene 7 to 49 mya) |
| MYA: | 34 to 55 |
| Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Shark River |
| Discovery Location (City, ST): | Wall/Neptune, NJ |
| Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
| Deepest Formation: | Shark River/Manasquan undifferentiated |
| Color: | Brown |
| Dimensions: | 0.7"L |
| Comments: | Petrified stem is comprised of layered discs, called plates (early Ordovician to Recent) |
| Collector Name: | RLD |
| Image Filename 1: | DSCF3754.jpg |
| Image Filename 2: | DSCF3753.jpg |