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Sean Rice on Instagram: "A galaxy of stars in the palm of my hand. Found yesterday on the river foreshore; tiny crinoid segments or ossicles, pieces of a plant-like creature that lived around 190 million years ago in the Jurassic and still has living relatives in our oceans today #fossils #fossilhunting #crinoids #crinoid #jurrrassic #naturalhistory #nature #stars"

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an odd looking object sitting on top of a rock

Agaricocrinus fossil crinoid from the Mississippian of Indiana, USA. (William Morgan collection) Crinoids (sea lilies) are sessile, benthic, filter-feeding, stalked echinoderms that are relatively common in the marine fossil record. Crinoids are also a living group, but are relatively uncommon in modern oceans. A crinoid is essentially a starfish-on-a-stick. The stick, or stem, is composed of numerous stacked columnals, like small poker chips. Stems and individual columnals are the most…

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a person is holding some very pretty metal items in their hand and it looks like they are made out of shells

Sean Rice on Instagram: "Stars and swirls. Jurassic crinoid stars and pyritised ammonites found on the River Severn foreshore last Sunday and yesterday #fossils #fossilhunting #crinoids #crinoid #ammonite #ammonites #naturalhistory"

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