Fossil crinoids on driftwood
€1,380.00
Product number:
23905873439
Product information "Fossil crinoids on driftwood"
Stone witnesses to prehistoric times: At the time of the first flowering plants, when life was taking off, organisms in the vast lagoons of the Jurassic Sea were transformed into minerals, natural works of art and stone witnesses to ancient communities. Their study provided the basis for evolutionary research. Our faithful reproductions of famous and unique fossils give you a deep insight into the life of the primeval world. Pinned to floating tree trunks, the flower-shaped animals, which belong to the echinoderms, swayed in the Swabian Lias Sea with their filigree-looking calyxes. Original: Private property. Place of discovery: Holzmaden/Württemberg. Jurassic Lias epsilon. Slate, approx. 170 million years old. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, moulded by hand. Size 61.5 x 108.5 cm, with hanging device. Weight approx. 31 kg.