Probably a Pegocrinus sp. from the Carboniferous (359-299 millino years ago) supported on custom.
12in. (30cm.) high on stand.

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Crinoids, also known as sealilies or feather stars, are examples of living fossils. They belong to the phylum Echinodermata, and are distantly related to the starfish, brittle star and sea urchin. Filter feeders, with crowns of pinnules that trap microscopic particles on which to feed, they sway back and forth on the ocean floor