Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star

MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.

5 5/8 in. (403 grams, 14.2 cm).

Ophiuroidea sp. specimen on irregular matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.

CONDITION

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