A TikTok user's video of him finding a sea fossil on top of a mountain has gone viral, and many people have rushed to claim it as proof of the Great Flood—but paleontologists have different ideas.

Paleontologists have re-discovered a symbiotic marine marriage that was previously thought too have disappeared from fossil record 273 million years ago.

Fossils of juvenile crinoids are rare, he said. ... Today, the fossil holdfasts look like rusty star-shaped rings. The stars measure only 1 to 4 millimeters across, ...

Most fossils, while intellectually exciting, are not all that pretty to look at.One notable exception are crinoids. Also known as sea lilies, their flowerlike appearance can be stunning.

Burlington's famous fossil may soon get statewide recognition if the Legislature approves a proposal by Democrats to put the crinoid on par with Iowa's goldfinch, rose, geode and oak tree. Seven ...

Fossils of juvenile crinoids are rare, he said. ... At the other end of the creature was star-shaped organ called a holdfast, which gripped the seafloor.

If you have some knowledge about crinoids in general, or something specific about this one, please share in the comments. I forgot I had \ ... Friday Field Foto #46: Crinoid fossil.

The little fossil crinoid once lived in a period of time known to geologists as the Ordovician-490 million years ago. In that time period, the land that would become Indiana lay many feet under a ...

The crinoid, also referred to as the sea lily, has survived about 500 million years of Earth history, according to the resolution, and the crinoids skeletal fragments make up a significant portion ...