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Extinct marine reptilesSheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200
St. Cuthberts Beads - rosary made from crinoid columnalsUnidentified crinoid columnals used as beads for jewellery. Specimens from the Carboniferous Yoredale Shales, Ribblehead, Yorkshire
CrinoidsCriniods lived during the Lower Jurassic period. Their modern equivalents include echinoderms such as seaurchins, starfish and sea cucumbers
Dimerocrinus, fossil crinoidDimerocrinus, a small stemmed crinoid (sea-lily) of Silurian age. The long stem supports a 1.8 cm high crown mostly consisting of the arms employed in feeding
Cretaceous chalk seafloorAn artists impression of a Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) hard chalk seafloor, where an ammonite floats above crinoids, sea urchins, brachiopods, molluscs, and a lobster
Plesiosaurus, Telesaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Pentacrinites, AmmoSheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200 and 145 million years ago
Chalk sea dioramaDiorama of Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) sea floor chalk deposits, and various cephalopods
Actinocrinites sp. a fossil crinoidActinocrinites has a calyx which is conical and elongated and a rigid, domed tegmen made of numberous small plates. The calyx is monocyclic, I.e. a basal circle of plates supports the radial circlet
Ailsacrinus prattii, 3.4 cm wide, from the Jurassic of Bath, England, showing the underside of the calyx and arms
Isocrinus robustus, a fossil crinoidThe stalked crinoid Isocrinus robustus, 14 cm tall, from the Lower Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England, showing the calyx and arms
Carboniferous crinoid gardenArtists impression of Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) underwater crinoid garden
Starstones - columnals of isocrinid crinoids
Bathycrinus Aldrichamus, drawn by Wild (1873)Wilds Drawing, figured in Volume 2 of Wyville Thompsons Narrative in the Retport. Title Bathycrinus Aldrichamus
A group of fragments of fossil crinoidsWatercolour of a group of fragments of fossil crinoids (feather-stars or sea-lilies) by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Fossil CrinoidWatercolour of a fossil crinoid by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever
Uintacrinus, stemless crinoidA black and white photograph of a stemless crinoid, which dates from the Cretaceous. Crinoids have five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disc
Silurian Wenlock seaAn artists impression of the Wenlock (430.4 - 424 million years ago) sea with trilobites, corals, and crinoids
Crinoidal limestone
Dizgocrinus mon, fossil crinoidThis fossil crinoid or sea-lily originates from the limestones of Keokuk, Lowa, USA
Carboniferous limestone seaBridget Kempsters impression of a shallow coral Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) limestone sea, depicting fish and an abundance of crinoids and coral
Temnocrinus tuberculatus (Miller)A fossil specimen of Temnocrinus tuberculatus (Miller), a paleozoic crinoid dating back to the Silurian (440 million years ago), discovered in the Wenlock Limestone bed, Dudley, Worcestershire, UK
Protaxocrinus tuberculatus (Miller)A fossil specimen of Protaxocrinus tuberculatus (Miller), a crinoid, dating back to the Silurian period (440 million years ago), discovered in the Wenlock Limestone bed, Dudley, Worcestershire, UK
Myedactylus flecheri (Salter)A fossil specimen of Myelodactylus fletcheri (Salter) dating back to the Silurian period (440 million years ago), discovered in Wenlock Limestone bed, Dudley, Worcestershire, UK
Archaeocrinus microbasalis, sea lilyCast of a fossil sea lily from Canada, is 458-443 million years old from the Late Ordovician. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
Pentacrinites fossilis, crinoidCrinoids are ancient, marine organisms. Pentacrinites fossilis was unusual in that it lived suspended from floating driftwood (seen here attached to a log)
Pentacrinites, crinoidPentacrinites is a fossil crinoid from the Jurassic. Crinoids are ancient, marine organisms. The majority have long stalks anchored to the bottom
Silurian seascape