p. 4

Caryocrinus ornatus, Say, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sc. vol. 4 p. 289; Hall NY Geol. Rep. p. 111 pl. 29 fig. 5; Pal. of N.Y. vol. 2 p. 216 pl. 49 fig. 14 pl. 49A fig. 1; C. loricatus, Say Id. Hall-Wis Geol 1 p 68 fig 1 & p. 431
Hall 20th Reg Rep. p 326 pl 11(2) fig 17 [& 18]

Column round, composed near the body of larger and smaller joints alternating with each other; edges of the joints thin and sharp, sometimes slightly crenulated or denticulated; articulating surfaces having the striae extending from the margin half way to the centre; canal round. Body ovoid or more or less subglobose, the greatest diameter being usually below the middle; summit slightly convex, and surrounded by a corona of arms and fingers, varying in number, and extending to the length of several inches; body composed of three series of plates; pelvic or basal plates four, two of them pentagonal and two hexagonal;