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Collectable fossils. Beautiful crinoid (sea lily), flower-shaped pelagic echinoderm. Scyphocrinites sp. 440 million years old. Plate length 23cm. From the calyx on the stem, the arms form a hair. Fine details on this rare and very old fossil. As is (consolidation from use). Erfoud, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Silurian.

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Collectable fossils. Beautiful crinoid (sea lily), flower-shaped pelagic echinoderm. Scyphocrinites sp. 440 million years old. Plate length 23cm. From the calyx on the stem, the arms form a hair. Fine details on this rare and very old fossil. As is (consolidation from use). Erfoud, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Silurian.

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