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Saccocoma pectinata is an extinct crinoid from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, Germany. Its small, highly branched arms and lack of a conventional long stem led to its long-standing interpretation as a pelagic or free-swimming crinoid, and the fossils are common in Solnhofen slabs....
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Distinctive Solnhofen crinoid with good preservation; moderate specialist importance.
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Pentremites godoni is an extinct blastoid echinoderm from the Late Mississippian, specifically the Chesterian stage of the Carboniferous. Blastoids were stalked marine animals related to other echinoderms, and their body often had a compact, bud-like form with a distinct radial structure. Fossils of...
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Common collectible blastoid with clear morphology; useful but not exceptional scientifically.
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