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5.2" Wide Eocrinoid (Ascocystites) Cluster
This is a positive and negative of very detailed Eocrinoids of the genus Ascocystites collected near El Kaid Rami, Morocco. The largest specimen on the plate is about 1.8" in length and the entire plate is 5.2"x5" The reddish/orange coloration due the oxidization of iron pyrite is very beautiful and showy.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Eocrinoids were an early group of echinoderms that lived between the Early Cambrian and Late Silurian periods. They had a stalk which attached them to the bottom of the ocean via a holdfast and were benthic suspension feeder which used their arms to move particles of food towards a mouth. They are believed to be ancestral to many other groups including crinoids and blastoids.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Eocrinoids were an early group of echinoderms that lived between the Early Cambrian and Late Silurian periods. They had a stalk which attached them to the bottom of the ocean via a holdfast and were benthic suspension feeder which used their arms to move particles of food towards a mouth. They are believed to be ancestral to many other groups including crinoids and blastoids.
SPECIES
Ascocystites sp.
AGE
LOCATION
El Kaid Rami, Morocco
FORMATION
Kataoua Formation
SIZE
Largest 1.8", Plate 5.2"x5", 1/2" thick
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#48353
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