Mahoumacrinus Crinoid Mortality Plate

Mahoumacrinus Crinoid Mortality Plate

This lovely display piece is a Mahoumacrinus Crinoid from the Devonian period.

It shows a stem rich matrix rock with a partial Calyx and comes from the fossil beds around Erfoud, Morocco.

This piece measures approximately 18CM by 12CM by 4-5CM and is quite weighty - I think it is between 2-3KG.

Unfortunately, there has been some damage to this specimen while it was being shipped from Morocco. You can see this in the photographs - the pale white areas are edge damage to the various fossils. The damage is thankfully quite minimal, but this piece does lose some of its detail due to it.

Image credits:

• Diagram showing the anatomy of a Crinoid courtesy of William I. Ausich via Wikimedia Commons.
• Photo showing a modern Crinoid courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the USA, via Wikimedia Commons.