Location: North Yorkshire Coast (found on beach)

Class: Crinoid

Sub Class: Mixed

Age: Early Carboniferous

Texture: Carboniferous Limestone

 

 

Piece shown is 6 inch wide, and found as an erratic on the beach.

Crinoid are a subclass of the Echinodermata family (which includes starfish and sea urchins).

Matrix contains many fossils, most of which would probably be stem parts.