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Back in the Ordovician era, the Eocystoids were establishing a foothold in the oceans. It is from that clade that all the crinoids are thought to be descended. The sea lily, a crinoid, and its relatives are survivors into a present that has seen well over half their Echinoderm relatives disappear from the living record.
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