Mysterious primitive animal!!! - Conularia - Fossilised animal - Eoconularia loculata (Wiman, 1895) - 10.5 cm - 8.5 cm
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Conularia specimen Eoconularia loculata from the Lower Ordovician Tremadociense Fezouata Formation, Bou Chrebeb, Zagora, Morocco; natural condition with all parts preserved, authentic original, weight 350 g, dimensions 10.5 × 8.5 × 0.8 cm, supports included.
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Spectacular conularia, Eoconularia. Conulariids are an extinct group of animals related to corals and jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria) known from fossils from the base of the Paleozoic to the Late Triassic. They are known almost exclusively by their hard external skeletons (also called theca), which were pyramidal in shape and composed of numerous lamellae.
This enigmatic animal is perfectly preserved. This specimen preserves with great detail the animal's features and presents all of its parts complete.
This specimen is extremely rare, completely complete down to the apex of attachment. The contrast of the fossil with the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossil allows observing in meticulous detail the delicate structures of this enigmatic animal. A specimen worthy of a museum.
Plastic supports included.
Plate 1: 167 g; 10 x 7 x 2 cm
Plate 2: 120 g; 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.8 cm
The outcrops of the Fezouata Formation, near the Moroccan city of Zagora, are providing a rich and varied record of fossils with extraordinary preservation, to the point that soft parts or soft-bodied animals are preserved with some frequency. This type of preservation is similar, although time-wise later, to that of the famous Burgess Shale (Canada).
They are fossils dating between 480 and 472 million years old. Back then Morocco was an ocean and located near the South Pole.
Spectacular conularia, Eoconularia. Conulariids are an extinct group of animals related to corals and jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria) known from fossils from the base of the Paleozoic to the Late Triassic. They are known almost exclusively by their hard external skeletons (also called theca), which were pyramidal in shape and composed of numerous lamellae.
This enigmatic animal is perfectly preserved. This specimen preserves with great detail the animal's features and presents all of its parts complete.
This specimen is extremely rare, completely complete down to the apex of attachment. The contrast of the fossil with the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossil allows observing in meticulous detail the delicate structures of this enigmatic animal. A specimen worthy of a museum.
Plastic supports included.
Plate 1: 167 g; 10 x 7 x 2 cm
Plate 2: 120 g; 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.8 cm
The outcrops of the Fezouata Formation, near the Moroccan city of Zagora, are providing a rich and varied record of fossils with extraordinary preservation, to the point that soft parts or soft-bodied animals are preserved with some frequency. This type of preservation is similar, although time-wise later, to that of the famous Burgess Shale (Canada).
They are fossils dating between 480 and 472 million years old. Back then Morocco was an ocean and located near the South Pole.
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Number of objects
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Specimen
Mysterious primitive animal!!! - Conularia
Scientific name
Eoconularia loculata (Wiman, 1895)
Country of origin
Bou Chrebeb, Zagora, Morocco
Geological period
Lower Ordovician, Tremadocian - Fezouata Formation
Condition
Natural
Weight
350 g
Height
10.5 cm
Width
8.5 cm
Depth
0.8 cm
Authenticity
Original/official
