The diversity and abundance of echinoderm fossils is reflected in the Museum's large, world-class collection. Fossil echinoderms are numerous, due in part to the fantastic preservation potential of ...

Crinoids are echinoderms, a group that also includes ... They are very fragile and require specific conditions to be preserved, so fossils like this one are very rare indeed.

Carpoids (extinct echinoderms) are considered a ‘Lazarus taxon’ – an animal that disappears from the fossil record, then reappears much later. The fossil remains, discovered amongst the ...