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Echinoderms:
This group contains a variety of marine animals characterized by spiny exoskeletons and a five-fold symmetry. They are one of the most important invertebrate phyla, being members of most ocean-floor communities. They are all marine and almost all live on the bottom. Fossils of echinoderms can be found in rocks dating as far back as the Cambrian. They have a unique water vascular system consisting of water-filled sacs and canals that project at the surface as tube feet, and are used for sensing, feeding, locomotion and respiration. There are about 15 classes of extinct echinoderms (of which the cystoids and blastoids are the most famous) and 5 classes of living echinoderms: the echinoids (sea urchins), asteroids (starfish), ophiuroids (brittle stars), crinoids (sea lilies and feather stars) and holothuroids (sea cucumbers).
Bibliography:
Die Crinoiden des Rheinischen Devons, E. Schmidt, 1934, Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt (Berlin, Germany)
Treatise on invertebrate palaeontology, 1957 (updated since), part Echinodermata, Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press
Die Asterozoen in den Dachschiefern des rheinischen Unterdevons, W.M. Lehmann, 1957, Direktion des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Die fossilen Echinodermen des Schweizer Juras, H. Hess, 1975, Naturhistorischen Museum (Basel, Switzerland)
Invertebrate palaeontology and evolution, part 9 (Echinoderms, p. 262 – 317), E.N.K. Clarkson, 1998 (4th ed.), Blackwell Science Ltd. (Oxford, UK)
Fossil crinoids, H. Hess, 1999, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, UK)

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Tripneuste parkinsoni #ELC6540
Large slab of these extraordinary and very rare colorfull Echinoids!
Burdigalien, Miocene 10 Million years old
Lacoste quarry (Vaucluse), France
Size : 66 by 42 cm
Price : Euro 7500.--
Acrosalenia lamberti #EAL6387
Tithonian, 150 Million years old
Ile de Oleron, France

Size : 5.6 inch / 14 cm
Price : Euro
Acrosalenia lamberti #EAL6388
Tithonian, 150 Million years old
Ile de Oleron, France

Size : 5.2 inch / 13 cm
Price : Euro
60.--
Petalobrissus cf. setifensis #OE6261
Maastrichtien,U. Cretaceous 70 Million years old
Hatta, Oman
Size : 0.72 inch / 1.8 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Cassidulus florescens #OE6263
Olgocene 25 Million years old
Smelly Beach, Victoria, Australia
Size : 0.8 inch / 2 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Dubarechinus despujolsi #OE6265
Pliensbachian, 184 Million years old
Amellago, Atlas, Marocco

Size : 0.52 inch / 1.3 cm
Price : Euro
15.--
Coenholectypus larteti #OE6267
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Al Adisiyah
, Jordan
Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm
Price : Euro 15.-- 
Mercaster fourneli #OE6269
Santonian, 84 Million years old
Wadi al Mujib, Jordan
Size : 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Price : Euro 15.--
Mercaster fourneli #OE6271
Santonian, 84 Million years old
Wadi al Mujib, Jordan
Size : 1.6 inch / 4 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Petalobrissus rawdahensis #OE6273x
Maastrichtien,U. Cretaceous 70 Million years old
Hatta, Oman
Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm
Price : Euro 15.--
Petalobrissus rawdahensis #OE6275y
Maastrichtien,U. Cretaceous 70 Million years old
Hatta, Oman
Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm
Price : Euro 15.--
Coenholectypus larteti #OE6277x
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Hammad N'ain
, Jordan
Size : 0.72 inch / 1.8 cm
Price : Euro 10.-- 
Coenholectypus larteti #OE6279y
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Hammad N'ain
, Jordan
Size : 0.68 inch / 1.7 cm
Price : Euro 10.-- 
Hemiaster regulusanus #OE6281x
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Aspe, Alicante, Spain
Size : 1.08 inch / 2.7 cm
Price : Euro 15.--
Hemiaster regulusanus #OE6283y
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Aspe, Alicante, Spain
Size : 1.16 inch / 2.9 cm
Price : Euro 15.--
Mecaster luynesi #OE6285x
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Nataq
, Jordan
Size : 0.88 inch / 2.2 cm
Price : Euro 30.-- 
Mecaster luynesi #OE6287y
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Nataq,, Jordan
Size : 0.92 inch / 2.3 cm
Price : Euro 30.-- 
Mecaster syriacus #OE6289x
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Al Adasiyah Jordan
Size : 1.2 inch / 3 cm
Price : Euro 30.-- 
Mecaster syriacus #OE6291y
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Al Adasiyah Jordan
Size : 1.12 inch / 2.8 cm
Price : Euro 30.-- 
Faujasia essentripora #OE6293x
Maastrichtien,U. Cretaceous 70 Million years old
Hatta, Oman
Size : 1.12 inch / 2.8 cm
Price : Euro 45.--
Faujasia essentripora #OE6295y
Maastrichtien,U. Cretaceous 70 Million years old
Hatta, Oman
Size : 1.12 inch / 2.8 cm
Price : Euro 45.--
Conoclypeus conoideus #EBE6197
Rare echinoid
Eocene, 50 Million years old
St. Pankratz, Austria

Size bottom : 6.8 inch / 17 cm
Price : Euro 240.--
Conoclypeus conoideus #EBE6199
Rare echinoid
Eocene
, 50 Million years old
St. Pankratz, Austria

Size bottom : 5.8 inch / 14.5 cm
Price : Euro 240.--
Ophiuroidea spec. #BC5866
Numerous Brittlestars on matrix plate
Maastrichtian 65.5 Million years old
Vancouver Island Canada
Matrix plate: 30 by 16 cm
Price : Euro 
Maretia hoffmanni #MF5869
Oligocene, 28 Million years old
Doburg bei Bunde, Germany
Size : 1.6 inch / 4 cm
Price : Euro 
60.--
Dubarechinus despujolsi #ID5876
Pliensbachian, 184 Million years old
Amellago, Atlas, Marocco

Size : 0.4 inch / 1 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Coenholectypus larteti #CL5877
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Al Adisiyah
, Jordan
Size : 0.64 inch / 1.7 cm
Price : Euro 
10.--
Ophiupinna elegans #GS5378
Numerous Brittlestars on small plate
Middle Jurassic 165 Million years old
La Voulte-sur-Rhone, France
Matrix plate: 35.5 by 9.5 cm
Price : Euro 120.--
Encrinus liliformis #EL5526
Nice study specimen
Triassic,Upper Muschelkalk 230 Million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size matix: 20 by 13 cm
Price : Euro 60.--
Geocoma carinata #GS5378
Upper Jurassic 148 Million years old
Solnhofen, Germany
On small matrix plate
Size span: 1.2 Inch / 3 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Geocoma carinata #GS5380
Upper Jurassic 148 Million years old
Solnhofen, Germany
On small matrix plate
Size span: 1 Inch / 2.5 cm
Price : Euro 
Maretia hoffmanni #MF5381
Oligocene, 28 Million years old
Doburg bei Bunde, Germany
Size : 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm
Price : Euro
 60.--
Traumatocrinus sp. #EC0584
Middle Triassic, 230 Million years old
Guanling formation
Xingyi, Guizhou prov, China
Matrix size: 9.6 by 10.4 inch / 28.5 by 31 cm
Size crinoid high: 6 inch / 15 cm approx
Price : Euro 820.--
Encrinus carnalli #EC0585
Middle Triassic, 230 Million years old
Guanling formation
Xingyi, Guizhou prov., China

Matrix size: 9.6 by 10.4 inch / 24 by 26 cm
Price : Euro 440.--
Dubarechinus despujolsi #DD0426
Pliensbachian, 184 Million years old
Amellago, Atlas, Marocco

Size : 0.72 inch / 1.8 cm
Price : Euro 30.--

Orthopsis amellagense #OA0428
Pliensbachian, 184 Million years old
Amellago, Atlas, Marocco

Size : 0.52 inch / 1.3 cm
Price : Euro 10.--
Mercaster arnonesis #MA0431
Santonian, 84 Million years old
Wadi al Mujib, Jordan
Size : 1.2 inch / 3 cm
Price : Euro 25.--
Stomechinus tinginatus #ST0432
Pliensbachian, 184 Million years old
Amellago, Atlas, Marocco

Size : 0.8 inch / 2 cm
Price : Euro 25.--
Encrinus liliformis #CK0398
Triassic,Upper Muschelkalk 230 Million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size biggest: 4.8 inch / 11.5 cm
Matrix size: 27 by 19 cm
Price : Euro 440.--
Encrinus liliformis #TK0361
Triassic,Upper Muschelkalk 230 Million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size biggest: 3.8 inch / 9.5 cm
Matrix size: 20 by 15 cm
Price : Euro 
Encrinus liliformis #TK0362
Triassic,Upper Muschelkalk 230 Million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 2.8 inch / 7cm
Matrix size: 17 by 9 cm
Price : Euro 160.--
Phymosoma volanum #PV0307
Cenomanian, Cretaceous 95 Million years old
Arlington, Texas, U.S.A.
Size : 0.76 inch / 1.9 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Phymosoma mexicanum #PM0309
Albian, Cretaceous 110 Million years old
Bell County, Texas, U.S.A.
Size : 0.64 inch / 1.6 cm
Price : Euro 10.--
Nucleopyrina cylindrica #0999
Aptian, Cretaceous 115 Million years old
Rubielos de Mora, Teruel, Spain
Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Tetragramma malbosi #0006
Aptian, Cretaceous 115 Million years old
Allepuz, Teruel, Spain
Size : 1.48 inch / 3.7 cm
Price : Euro 40.--
Aphelaster integer #0008
L. Valaginian, Cretaceous 140 Million years old
Cap Rhir, Agadir, Marocco
Size : 2.6 inch / 4 cm
Price : Euro 40.--
Hemiaster angustipneuste #0017
Santonian, Cretaceous 85 Million years old
Choumen, Bulgaria
Size : 0.56 inch / 1.4 cm
Price : Euro 15.--
Clypeaster cf.olisiponensis #0020
Seravallian, M.Miocene 12 Million years old
Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
Size : 5 inch / 12.5 cm
Price : Euro 60.--
Echinolampas cf.barcinensis #0021
Miocene 10 Million years old
Aznalcoyar, Sevilla, Spain
Size : 5 inch / 12.5 cm
Price : Euro 100.--
Schizechinus serialis #SE951
3d piece
Pliocene 4 Million years old
Almaria, Spain
Size Echinoid: 2.8 inch / 5 cm
Price : Euro 50.--
Thagastea luciani #OZ766
(De Loriol)
M.Eocene, 40 Million years old
Desert de Syrte, Lybia
Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Commatulids species #AI424
Undescribed centra of free swmiming Crinoid,
Old collection
Miocene, 20 Million years old
Mannum, South Australia
Size per specimen: 0.4 inch / 1cm
Price for all: Euro 100.--

Philipsaster selwyni #AI426
2 Rare Starfish, Old collection
Silurian, 425 Million years old
Kilmore, Victoria, Australia
Size : 0.36 inch / 0.9 cm
Price : Euro 100.--
Philipsaster selwyni #AI431
Very rare Starfish, Old collection
Dargile formation
Silurian, 425 Million years old
Kilmore, Victoria, Australia
Size : 0.4 inch / 1 cm
Price : Euro 100.--
Undescribed species #AI444
Very rare Crinoid, Old collection
Dargile formation
Silurian, 425 Million years old
Kilmore, Victoria, Australia
Size : 1.6 inch / 4 cm
Price : Euro 200.--
Pisocrinus kosovensis #1251
Upper Silurian, Ludlow, 420 Million years old
Kosov quarry, Czech Republic
Size: 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Price : Euro 50.--
Eucalyptocrinites spec. #001
Crinoids, Altfund/Old collection
from rare and since long closed site.

M. Devonian 380 Million years old
Gerollstein, Eiffel, Germany
Size Top: 0.96 inch / 2.4 cm
Size Bottom left: 1.36 inch / 3.4 cm
Size Bottom rigth: 1inch / 2.5 cm
Price Top: Euro 25.--
Price Bottom left: Euro 30.--
Price Bottom rigth: Euro 30.--
Hexacrinites spec. #003
Crinoids, Altfund/Old collection
from rare and since long closed site.

M. Devonian 380 Million years old
Gerollstein, Eiffel, Germany
Size Left: 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm
Size Rigth: 1.24 inch / 3.1 cm
Price Left: Euro 45.--
Price Rigth: Euro 50.--
Schizechinus serialis #585
3d piece
Pliocene 4 Million years old
Almaria, Spain
Size : 2.8 inch / 7 cm
Price : Euro 50.--
Schizaster canaliterus #586
3d piece
Pliocene 4 Million years old
Almaria, Spain
Size slab: 2 inch / 5 cm
Price : Euro 40.--
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Brissus spec. #588
Very Rare echinoids on 1 slab
Miocene 14 Million years old
Alicante, Spain
Size echinoid: 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Size slab: 10 by 6 inch / 25 by 15 cm
Price : Euro 190.--
Imitatocrinus gracilior #613
Crinoid
L. Devonian 390 Million years old
Bundenbach, Germany
Size largst
crown wide: 3.8 inch / 9.5 cm
Size plate: 8 by 8 inch / 20 by 20 cm
Price : Euro 600.--
Caleidocrinus multiramus #505
Middle Ordovician, 460 Million years old
Zahohany, Czech Republic
Size plate: 2.4 by 4 inch / 6 by 10 cm
Size: 2.4 inch / 6 cm
Price :  Euro 80.--

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Caleidocrinus multiramus #507
Middle Ordovician, 460 Million years old
Zahohany, Czech Republic
Size plate: 3 by 3 inch / 7.5 by 7.5 cm
Size : 2 inch / 5 cm
Price : Euro 80.--

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Acrosalenia hemicidaroides #145
Several Echinoids with quills
Bajocien,M. Jurassic 175 Million years old
Charlesville, France
Size : 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Matrix : 5.2 by 4 inch / 13 by 10 cm
Price : Euro 115.--

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Tamiami Form. Pliocene 4 Million years old
Punta Gorda, Florida, U.S.A.
Size : 0.8 inch / 2 cm
Price : Euro 27.--
Faujasia eccentripora #113
Maastrichtien,U. Cretaceous 70 Million years old
Hatta, Oman
Size : 0.8 inch / 2.5 cm
Price : Euro 40.--
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