Crepidosoma doyleii
How to recognise them
Five arms made of lots of little plates.
Fossil Info
Crepidosoma is a type of brittlestar, a cousin of the starfish, from the Carboniferous Period (around 330 million years ago). Like modern brittlestars today it scavenged for a living by eating food particles on the seafloor. It was a tiny brittlestar and the oldest of its kind in Ireland.
Fun Fact
Crepidosoma was discovered in 2018 in the Maam Valley, Co. Galway by Burren-Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark Geologist Dr Eamon Doyle.