Cincinnati elects official fossil.

From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Hand, Greg | Copyright information

A small, circular, extinct cousin of the starfish--the edrioasteroid known as Isorophus cincinnatiensis--was elected as the official fossil of Cincinnati in April of this year.

"We were looking for a fun activity with an educational emphasis to make the residents aware of the city's fossils," said Dr. Colin D. Sumrall, curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The election was launched with a sort of "nominating convention" involving Sumrall a...

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