Holocystites Scutellatus Cystoids Fossil Silurian Age Osgood Shale Napoleon, IN

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Holocystites Scutellatus Cystoids Fossil Silurian Age Osgood Shale Napoleon, IN
Holocystites Scutellatus Cystoids Fossil Silurian Age Osgood Shale Napoleon, IN
Location: Niagaran Formation Osgood Shale Napoleon, Indiana
Weight: 1 Pound 6.9 Ounces
Dimensions: 7 Inches Long, 4.8 Inches Wide, 1.5 Inches Thick (Plate)
Cystoid One: 1.6 Inches Long, 1 Inch Wide, 1 Inch Thick
Cystoid Two: 1.4 Inches Long, 1 Inch Wide, 1 Inch Thick
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Silurian Age, 443 Million Years Old
Cystoids
extinct echinoderms are similar to crinoids. They consist of a stalk, theca (body), and brachials (feeding arms). Most lived fixed to the seafloor but some were more mobile. Like modern echinoderms, cystoids were arranged in a fivefold symmetric pattern and had a water vascular system. Unlike most echinoderms, Cystoids had a triangular calcite plate at its body openings and its calcite plate had pores that are thought to have been for breathing.
Cystoids first appear in the Cambrian Period. They reach a peak in their diversity during the Ordovician and Silurian Periods. Cystoids die out at the end of the Devonian or early in the Carboniferous Period.
Cystoids resembled flowers but were in fact, animals. They had a stem that attached them to the seafloor, a theca, and brachials. The theca contained the vital organs of the Cystoid and was made up of calcite plated that formed a spherical or ovate body. The brachials were the feeding arms that extended from the top of the theca. These arms were arranged in three- or five-fold symmetry and funneled food to the mouth at their center. Cystoids and crinoids look similar but have some distinct differences. The main difference is in the shape of the main body of the organisms. Cystoids had a spherical or ovate theca, while crinoids had a cup-shaped calyx. Cystoids also have triangular plates at body openings while crinoids had variably shaped plates.
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