[[Fragment]] of the [[stem]] of a [[crinoid]], a group of [[creature]]s within the [[phylum]] ''[[Echinodermata]]''.<ref>Pellant, p. 251</ref>
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The '''ossicle''' is the [[fragment]] of the [[stem]] of a [[crinoid]], a group of [[creature]]s within the [[phylum]] ''[[Echinodermata]]''.<ref>Pellant, p. 251</ref>