r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • 2d ago

This cluster of fossilised creatures look like they came from another planet

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u/EstablishmentReal156 2d ago

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u/snorkels00 2d ago

Hopefully you take it to a museum to get it carbon dated

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 2d ago

A paleontologist can tell you how old these fossils are in like 15 minutes of just looking at it. Carbon dating doesn't work for anything that old and is also not necessary since there were dozens of known species of crinoids with distinct temporal ranges.