Primitive echinoderm - Stylophora!!! - Fossilised animal - Galliaecystis ubaghsi (Cripps, 1989) - 16 cm - 7 cm
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Galliaecystis ubaghsi (Cripps, 1989) is a natural-condition specimen of a primitive stylophoran echinoderm from the Lower Ordovician Tremadociense Fezouata Formation, found in Bou Chrebeb, Zagora, Morocco, weighing 400 g with dimensions 16 × 7 × 1 cm.
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Spectacular complete specimens of Galliaecystis, a primitive and enigmatic echinoderm that lived during the Ordovician. Galliaecystis of this size and coloration are very rare.
The plates contain three complete specimens. There is a plate and a counterplate. Specimens with this level of preservation are extremely rare. The contrast between the fossils and the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossils allows for detailed observation of the delicate structures of Galliaecystis. A specimen worthy of a museum.
Plastic supports included.
Matrix 1 measurements: 223 g; 16 x 7 x 1 cm
Matrix size 2: 187 g; 12 x 11 x 1.5 cm
The deposits of the Fezouata formation, near the Moroccan city of Zagora, are providing a rich and diverse record of fossils with extraordinary preservation, up to soft tissues or soft-bodied animals being recorded fairly frequently. This type of preservation is similar, although later in time, to that of the famous Burgess Shale site (Canada).
These are fossils dating from between 480 and 472 million years ago. At that time, Morocco was an ocean and was located over the South Pole.
Spectacular complete specimens of Galliaecystis, a primitive and enigmatic echinoderm that lived during the Ordovician. Galliaecystis of this size and coloration are very rare.
The plates contain three complete specimens. There is a plate and a counterplate. Specimens with this level of preservation are extremely rare. The contrast between the fossils and the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossils allows for detailed observation of the delicate structures of Galliaecystis. A specimen worthy of a museum.
Plastic supports included.
Matrix 1 measurements: 223 g; 16 x 7 x 1 cm
Matrix size 2: 187 g; 12 x 11 x 1.5 cm
The deposits of the Fezouata formation, near the Moroccan city of Zagora, are providing a rich and diverse record of fossils with extraordinary preservation, up to soft tissues or soft-bodied animals being recorded fairly frequently. This type of preservation is similar, although later in time, to that of the famous Burgess Shale site (Canada).
These are fossils dating from between 480 and 472 million years ago. At that time, Morocco was an ocean and was located over the South Pole.
Details
Number of items
1
Specimen
Primitive echinoderm - Stylophora!!!
Scientific name
Galliaecystis ubaghsi (Cripps, 1989)
Country of Origin
Bou Chrebeb, Zagora, Morocco
Geological Period
Lower Ordovician, Tremadocian - Fezouata Formation
Condition
Natural
Weight
400 g
Height
16 cm
Width
7 cm
Depth
1 cm
