Crinoids, also known as the sea lilies, are one of the more charming and common fossils found globally, including here in Lyme Regis. But did you know that some crinoids wore SNAIL HATS? And the reason for that is quite unsavoury (and puzzled scientists for centuries)🐌💩 1/🧵
ALT Reconstruction of Devonian crinoid Arthroacantha with attached (coprophagous) Platyceras gastropod, from Predators and Predation in Palaeozoic Marine Environments