Pseudocrinites magnificus, cystoid

This specimen is a rare fossil Cystoid. They belonged to the echinoderms and diversified greatly in the Silurian, but became extinct by the Permian.

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Keywords: ancient, animal, cystoid, echinoderm, echinodermata, fossil, fossilised, fossils, invertebrata, invertebrate, key, magnificus, pseudocrinites, rare, rhombifera, tail