Very Rare Radiodont - frontal appendages - Fossil plate matrix - Aegirocassis benmoulai

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Scientific name Aegirocassis benmoulai; Specimen: Very Rare Radiodont frontal appendages; Geological Period: Lower Ordovician (Arenig); Country of Origin: Morocco; Condition: Natural; Treatment: Conserved and glued.

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Rare well preserved spinose raptorial appendages of fossil radiodont Aegirocassis benmoulai (Van Roy, Daley, & Briggs, 2015). Specimen is glued.
Aegirocassis was the largest known radiodont arthropod belonging to the family Hurdiidae, measuring 2 metres in length. This genus was most likely a filter feeder, but it could have preyed upon larger food. The appendages were adapted for suspension feeding, collecting plankton from the water column.

Age: Lower Ordovician, Arenig, Fezouata Shale
Locality: Morocco, Zagora area
Matrix size: 220 x 118 x 23 mm
Fossil size: 150 x 33 mm
Weight: 432 g

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Rare well preserved spinose raptorial appendages of fossil radiodont Aegirocassis benmoulai (Van Roy, Daley, & Briggs, 2015). Specimen is glued.
Aegirocassis was the largest known radiodont arthropod belonging to the family Hurdiidae, measuring 2 metres in length. This genus was most likely a filter feeder, but it could have preyed upon larger food. The appendages were adapted for suspension feeding, collecting plankton from the water column.

Age: Lower Ordovician, Arenig, Fezouata Shale
Locality: Morocco, Zagora area
Matrix size: 220 x 118 x 23 mm
Fossil size: 150 x 33 mm
Weight: 432 g

If you have bought several items, combined shipping is possible. Please contact me.

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Specimen
Very Rare Radiodont - frontal appendages
Scientific name
Aegirocassis benmoulai
Country of Origin
Morocco
Geological Period
Ordovician, Lower (485.4 - 470 million years)
Condition
Natural
Treatment
glued, Conserved
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