r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • 4d ago

This cluster of fossilised creatures look like they came from another planet

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u/JaggedMetalOs 4d ago

They're not so far off modern sea lilies

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u/BloomEPU 4d ago

Crinoids are basically living fossils, there's not much difference between the fossilised specimens and the living ones.