Fossil echinoid on original matrix - Pseudocidaris Mammosa - Spanish specimen - Fossil fragment - 155 mm - 150 mm
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Description from the seller
The fossil of Pseudocidaris Mammosa is one of the ancestors of today's sea urchins. The oldest fossil of the class Echinoidea known to us dates back to the Jurassic, 200-150 million years ago.
It is a particularly beautiful collectible fossil to see, especially when there is such a complete specimen, with an intact central shell and so many spines still around it.
The shell has a diameter of about 17.5mm, while the entire group, including spines, reaches a maximum length of 82mm.
Support: Rock | Matrix with Pseudocidaris Mammosa
Origin: Spain
Period: Jurassic (180 million years)
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
Translated by Google TranslateThe fossil of Pseudocidaris Mammosa is one of the ancestors of today's sea urchins. The oldest fossil of the class Echinoidea known to us dates back to the Jurassic, 200-150 million years ago.
It is a particularly beautiful collectible fossil to see, especially when there is such a complete specimen, with an intact central shell and so many spines still around it.
The shell has a diameter of about 17.5mm, while the entire group, including spines, reaches a maximum length of 82mm.
Support: Rock | Matrix with Pseudocidaris Mammosa
Origin: Spain
Period: Jurassic (180 million years)
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Specimen
Fossil echinoid on original matrix - Pseudocidaris Mammosa - Spanish specimen
Country of Origin
Spain
Geological Period
Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)
Condition
Natural
Weight
740 g
Height
155 mm
Width
150 mm
Depth
25 mm
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