| Title | An overview of Eocene-Oligocene echinoderm faunas of the Pacific Northwest |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Burns, Casey, and Rich Mooi |
| Editor | Prothero, Donald R., Linda C. Ivany, Elizabeth A. Nesbitt, and Elizabeth R. Nesbitt |
| Secondary Title | From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition |
| Chapter | Chapter 6 |
| Pagination | p. 88-106 |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| City | New York |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-231-12716-5 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Available through Interlibrary Loan |
| Keywords | Yachats Basalt, Umpqua River Basin, aquatic invertebrates, echinoderms, geology, paleosciences, crinoids, fossils |
| Notes | Crinoids, commonly called “sea lilies” are animals that, to the uninitiated, look like plants. They are related to starfish and sea urchins. Oregon famously boasts crinoid fossils near Mist, in the Coast Range, but fossils have also been found in basaltic sandstone near Yachats, and in the Umpqua Formation. This 2003 book chapter summarizes what is known about these animals in the Pacific Northwest. |
