Editing Crinoid (section)

==  In culture ==
Fossilised crinoid columnal segments extracted from [[limestone]] quarried on [[Lindisfarne]], or found washed up along the foreshore, were threaded into [[necklace]]s or [[rosary|rosaries]], and became known as [[St. Cuthbert's beads]] in the [[England in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lane, N. Gary |author2=Ausich, William I.  |year=2001 |title=The Legend of St Cuthbert's Beads: A Palaeontological and Geological Perspective  |journal=Folklore |volume=112 |issue=1 |pages=65–73 |jstor=1260865 }}</ref> Similarly, in the Midwestern United States, fossilized segments of the columns of crinoids are sometimes known as [[Indian bead]]s.<ref>{{cite web  |title = Identifying Unknown Fossils (by their shape) |url = http://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/fossilid.htm |publisher = Kentucky Geological Survey / University of Kentucky |access-date  = 21 June 2009 }}</ref> A species of crinoid, ''[[Delocrinus|Eperisocrinus missouriensis]]'', is the [[List of U.S. state fossils|state fossil]] of [[Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/symbols/symbols.asp?symbol=fossil |title=Missouri's State Fossil |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri|access-date  = 31 March 2019}}</ref>  The aliens in the movie franchise ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' were inspired by crinoids.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bressan |first1=David |title=The Fossils That Inspired 'Alien' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/04/26/the-fossil-that-inspired-alien/?sh=3cb1f9a15d56 |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=26 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>