Actinocrinite

/ˌæktɪnoʊˈkraɪnaɪt/ noun

A fossilized segment or skeletal piece from an actinocrinid, especially the crystalline plates that made up their bodies.

From actinocrin- + -ite (from Greek lithos, 'stone'). The -ite suffix is standard in paleontology and mineralogy for naming fossils and minerals that are fragments or specimens of larger organisms.

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