Platycrinites cf gigas Phillips.
Matrix free calyx. Shows basal plates and base of all 5 arms. Collected by me as a schoolboy way back in 1968. The famous Crinoid beds at Salthill Quarry are now an SSSI.
Carboniferous, Visean.
Salthill Quarry, Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Calyx : 3 x 2 x 2 cm.
