Crinoids from the the Jurassic Period. On the left is Apiocrinites rotundus, (1) feeding, (a) closed, (3) cross-section, and (4) vertical section, showing alimentary canal. On the right is Encrinus liliformis. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.


Jurassic Crinoids, Illustration


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