Scyphocrinites Elegans criniod bed meg Also known as rugose (corrugated)

Also known as rugose (corrugated) coral because of its undulating surface

in this case the prehistoric pine forests of Lithuania

Found in the Atlas Mountains

Found near the Brown Banks in the North Sea

or ‘fool’s gold’

Scyphocrinites Elegans criniod bed meg Also known as rugose (corrugated)A striking bed of 6 Scyphocrinites Elegans (Mahoumacrinus) crinoid heads. Known as sea lilies because of their strong resemblance to plants, crinoids are filter feeding aquatic animals closely related to sea urchins and are still found in our oceans today. The earliest of known examples date to circa 510 million years ago. Found in early Devonian deposits in Alnif, Morocco. Circa 410 million years old.