County: Cherokee

Date: July 28, 2016

Photographer: Catherine Evans/KGS

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Short description: Crinoids are marine animals that resemble plants and have long, segmented stems with feathery arms. They attach themselves to sea floors and filter food out of the water. Crinoid fossils—mainly stem segments—are common in the Mississippian-age rocks of Cherokee County, which formed from sediment deposited when the area was covered with shallow seas about 345 million years ago.

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