Silurian crinoid fossil (Periechocrinus) - Download Free 3D model by Lapworth Museum of Geology (@LapworthMuseum) This is a limestone slab with beautifully preserved crinoid fossils (Periechocrinus costatus; BU2470, BIRUG 4899) on display in the Evolution of Life gallery of the Lapworth Museum of Geology. The crinoids come from the 428 million-year-old Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of Dudley, West Midlands, UK. In the Silurian the West Midlands was covered by warm shallow tropical seas, and a diverse ecosystem lived on and around coral and sponge reefs on the sea floor. Digitised using an Artec Spider 3D scanner by University of Birmingham Palaeobiology & Palaeoenvironments undergraduate student Luke Meade. - Silurian crinoid fossil (Periechocrinus) - Download Free 3D model by Lapworth Museum of Geology (@LapworthMuseum)

Marsupiocrinites coelatus is the type species of the genus Marsupiocrinites, with John Phillips naming both in 1839 based on #fossils from the #Wenlock Limestone of #Dudley!

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Even traffic jams existed 425 million years ago, just ask these tiny #trilobites!

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While many ancient species are extinct, corals, bryozoans & brachiopods still exist to this day! These #fossils are from the Silurian period over 419 million years ago, and are from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation.

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