- Page Title
- Monumental Sea Lily (Crinoid) Colony | Natural History, Including The Juvenile Ceratosaurus, and the Largest Piece of Mars on Earth | Science | Sotheby's
- Brand
- sothebys.com
- Type
- Other
- First Seen
- 7/30/2025
- Last Seen
- 8/14/2025
- Domain
- sothebys.com
- URL
- https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/natural-history-2/monumental-sea-lily-crinoid-colony
- Description
- <p>Monumental Sea Lily (Crinoid) Colony</p><p><em>Seirocrinus subangularis</em></p><p><em>Early Jurassic Period (approx. 180 million years ago)</em></p><p><em>Upper Middle Epsilon Layer, Posidonia Shale, Holzmaden, Germany</em></p><p><br></p><p>Two plates totaling 137¾ x 122 x 3 inches (349.9 x 309.9 x 7.6 cm), split horizontally. Top plate measures 137¾ x 51 x 3 inches (349.9 x 129.5 x 7.6 cm), bottom plate measures 137¾ x 71 x 3 inches (349.9 x 180.3 x 7.6 cm). 1760 pounds (800 kg) in total.</p><p><br></p><p>A mass mortality of pyritized, golden sea lilies (crinoids) preserved in high relief, clustered and tangled in a huge, polished shale matrix. These large specimens have been meticulously prepared at the Urwelt-Museum Hauff in Holzmaden, Germany, rendering exquisite detail. The important segmentation and body outlines of these extinct creatures are displayed as they may have appeared in life, still anchored to their driftwood base.</p>
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