help make the CRINOID Iowa's State Fossil

The Iowa Legislature will soon be considering a bill

to designate the CRINOID as Iowa's State Fossil
what is a crinoid??

Crinoids are animals, a class of Echinoderms that first appeared on Earth about 500 million years ago.
They have two forms, sea lilies, stalked forms attached to the sea floor, and the feather stars, which are free-living.

structure of a crinoid

 a well-preserved fossil
crinoid from Iowa


Crinoids look like plants, but they are animals
they can Swim and Crawl

click on video to view movie
of swimming feather star

 click on video to view movie
of crawling sea lily

Images of living Feather Stars, Sea Lilies,
and other Echinoderms

click on image
to view pictures
of feather stars

 click on image
to view pictures
of sea lilies

 click on image
to view pictures
of other Echinoderms
Images of Iowa's World Famous Crinoids
click for images of
Le Grand crinoids

 click for images of
Burlington

 click for images of
Gilmore City crinoids

why should the CRINOID be
Iowa's State Fossil

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"why crinoids should be Iowa's State Fossil?"

This is Floyd the 'Noid (crinoid)
the Mascot for the Iowa State Fossil Bill
how to find and contact your Iowa Legislator https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/find


"Living Fossils" dive in the Caribbean Sea
view living crinoids with Ft. Madison
native Dr. Forrest Gahn - click to view

for additional information on
Crinoids - Iowa State Fossil
contact
Ray Anderson
rockdoc.anderson@gmail.com
what are
other State's Fossils?

click here to find out https://www.fossilera.com/
pages/state-fossils