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| EXTINCTIONS CHOICE - 19 Gilmore City Crinoids! |
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| Stock Number CCGC87 |
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Name:
Gilmore City Crinoids
Age: Mississippian
Formation: Gilmore City Formation
Location: Gilmore City, Iowa
Size: Plate is 8.4 inches across
This specimen is not for sale
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Here is an incredible multiple crinoid plate from Gilmore City, Iowa. This classic location has been closed to collecting for a number of years, ever since some drunken fool drove his car over the wall of the quarry. However, we have acquired a lot of crinoids from a local collector who had them stashed away for decades. The plate has NINETEEN crinoids preserved (9 Eretmocrinus tentor, 8 Dichocrinus multiplex, and two rare Aorocrinus iola). All of the crinoids are beautifully displayed, with LONG stems present on many of the crinoids. The fossil echinoderms have nice color and contrast and are naturally positioned on the very large, rectangular plate of limestone. This is one of the most prolific multiple plates we have ever seen from this historic crinoid locality. (The red dots are used for identification.)
This fossil was collected and obtained legally, and is also being sold legally.
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