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Stanton F. Fink

"Brachycrinus rex" by Stanton F. Fink

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Tag As FavoriteComment		A wonderfully preserved fossil specimen of the rare Articulate crinoid, Brachycrinus rex, with three specimens of Microastercrinus microplumosus in a limestone matrix. Aparently, the crinoids were buried in a mudslide, and were broken at the bases. However, the mudslide then kept them from becoming disarticulated.


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22 Jan 200145 Kazumi Hirota
*GaSp* ANDROSS BRAIN!!!!! No, really! It looks like some kind of disillusioned brain attached to a spine made of celery!!! I actually like the strangely-grinning-floating-feather-thing the most for some obscure reason... Gimme one!!!!!
22 Jan 2001:-) Brian Keith Cooke
That's actually pretty cool. Looks like it really could have come from the fossil record.
23 Jan 200145 Kelly Turnbull
Methinks ye went blind drawing this.Just exactly WHAT that was supposed to mean?
30 Jan 200145 Bill Adcock
brachycrinus rex...my latin isn't all that strong, so my translations is probably off, but methinks that means 'tyrant arm crinoid' what do I win?It's terribly off. The name means "thick crinoid king." "Tyranos" is tyrant.
5 Feb 2001:-) Ruben de Vela
How big is this thing? And who was the wacko who stamped it with that seal? The museum must have lax security or something.
5 Apr 200145 Rachael Mayo
Is this from head work or from an extrapolated life study? The detailing is absolutely superb, like you were lookin' at a model. Mmmm... starfish with stems...Well, I did use a reference pic from a book on crinoid fossils.
22 Apr 200145 Bill Adcock
duh! I wasn't thinking straight. 'Rex' means 'king', duh, stupid me, I knew that from various theropod studies, crinus is obviously crinoid, but I thought brachy meant arm...oopsa! brachi is arm, isn't it? as in brachiosaurus, whose name means, 'arm lizard'? now you've confused me Stanton. oh well. *points at the funky fossil* Bob!
19 Oct 2001:-) Kavin Taylor Scalf
It's still pretty cool, regardless. Fossils have always been really interesting, especially when you find them yourself. Always a sense of awe, which I suppose may be why you're studying biology.
17 May 2002:-) Cynthia Lane Armstrong
That's a really neat perspective.
18 Feb 2003:-) M. Royce
How incredibly interesting! The detail is great. 1
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'Brachycrinus rex':
 • Created by: :-) Stanton F. Fink
 • Copyright: ©Stanton F. Fink. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Crinoid, Fossil
 • Categories: Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Black Ink
 • Inspirations: Other Artist
 • Views: 431
 • Resolution: 451x576

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