These fossils often consist of the stalk or column, the most durable part of the crinoid’s anatomy. The column is made of disc-like segments, or ossicles, which can easily fossilize. When these ...

The fossils were thought to be nummulites, but afterwards they were shown to be crinoid ossicles of uncertain age. Fifty years later, E. J. Garwood found that the high range bordering Sikkim to ...

All of Earth’s creatures have the potential to slowly fossilize, making them discoverable after millions of years to be studied and entered into the annals of science. That includes those that ...