Collector's Guide to Crawfordsville Crinoids

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Mississippian Age crinoids from Crawfordsville, Indiana, are known worldwide for their completeness, abundance, comparatively large size, and extraordinary aesthetic appeal. With over 100 detailed photos and drawings and incisive text, this book describes the locality, focusing on its exceptional value from both scientific and lay perspectives. The geologic region is explored, along with the factors believed to have led to the unusual preservation of these crinoids. Detailed descriptions of the morphology, geological history, and classification of stemmed Paleozoic age crinoids follow. Diagrams and photos of real specimens aid in understanding crinoid terminology and identifying and classifying these crinoids to the genus and species level. This book is written for both the new and advanced collector. It is also valuable to the new student of invertebrate palaeontology. It provides updated insight into the morphology, classification, and identification of crinoid fossils collected at the Crawfordsville localities.

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Biography

William W. Morgan holds a PhD in Anatomy and Physiology from Indiana University. For forty years he was a member of the faculty in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. From 1981 until his retirement in 2011, he held the rank of Professor at that institution. He is the author of over one hundred scientific publications related to brain neurotransmitters and Parkinson's disease. He also taught microanatomy, neuroanatomy and biostatistics to medical and graduate students in the biomedical sciences and is the recipient of several teaching awards. He is currently a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology at that institution.