Name/Title
Crinoid (stem)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.25Description
Description: Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Unknown
Genus: Unknown
Common Name: Crinoid Stems
Age: Pliocene
Location: Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Grant County, Indiana
Description:Small irregular limestone matrix with numerous small fossils with one larger crinoid protruding fron one side.
Physical Characteristics:
Pipe Creek Sinkhole near Swayzee in Grant County, Indiana, is one of the most important paleontological sites in the interior of the eastern half of North America, due to preservation, and the exception from 'typical glacial strata mixing' from glaciation. Uncovered in 1996 by workers at the Pipe Creek Junior limestone quarry, the sinkhole has yielded a diverse array of fossils from the Pliocene epoch dating back five million years. Discoveries have been made there of the remains of camelids, bears, beavers, frogs, snakes, turtles and several previously unknown species of rodents. Two fish taxa, bullhead (Ameiurus) and sunfish (Centrarchidae), have also been found there.
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Crinoidea
Phylum: EchinodermataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
2 inDepth
11/16 inLength
2-3/8 inLocation
Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
RightCabinet
Case # 49Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
