Natural History - Fossil Starfish

ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.

2 3/4 in. (138 grams, 69 mm).

A fossil Petraster sp. starfish in matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Katian Stage, Tioririne Formation, El Kaid Rami, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 1899