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A Mass of Entrochi

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 1805

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 10

Additional Source Text:

The donor was from Bristol, England.

Notes:

Entrochites are fossil joints of a crinoid stem. Crinoids are one of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea, the feather stars or sea lilies.