Primitive echinoderm - Stylophora!!! - Fossilised animal - 23.5 cm - 9 cm (No Reserve Price)
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Scientific name Cothurnocystis elizae (Bather, 1913); Specimen: primitive echinoderm Stylophora; Geological Period: Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian) – Fezouata formation; Treatment: Lower Ordovician Tremadocian – Fezouata formation; Condition: Natural; Weight: 409 g; Dimensions: 23.5 × 9 × 0.6 cm.
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Spectacular plate with two complete specimens of Cothurnocystis, a primitive and enigmatic echinoderm that lived during the Ordovician. The Cothurnocystis animal had a flat body shaped like a boot and a slender appendage resembling a rod, which could be a stalk or something analogous to a foot or a tail.
The plates contain 7 complete specimens and remnants of another 7 specimens. Specimens with this level of preservation are extremely rare. The contrast of the fossils with the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossils allows for detailed observation of the delicate structures of Cothurnocystis. A specimen worthy of a Museum.
Plastic supports included.
Matrix 1 measurements: 409 g; 23.5 x 9 x 0.6 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 plate with two complete specimens of Cothurnocystis, a primitive and enigmatic echinoderm that lived during the Ordovician. The Cothurnocystis animal had a flat body shaped like a boot and a slender appendage resembling a rod, which could be a stalk or something analogous to a foot or a tail.
The plates contain 7 complete specimens and remnants of another 7 specimens. Specimens with this level of preservation are extremely rare. The contrast of the fossils with the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossils allows for detailed observation of the delicate structures of Cothurnocystis. A specimen worthy of a Museum.
Plastic supports included.
Matrix 1 measurements: 409 g; 23.5 x 9 x 0.6 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!!!
Country of Origin
Cothurnocystis elizae (Bather, 1913)
Geological Period
Bou Chrebeb, Zagora, Morocco
Condition
Natural
Treatment
Lower Ordovician, Tremadocian - Fezouata Formation
Weight
409 g
Height
23.5 cm
Width
9 cm
Depth
0.6 cm
