Enigmatic primitive echinoderm!!! – Cornute - Stylophora - Fossilised animal - Milonicystis reboulorum (Lefebvre et al., 2022) - 140 mm - 70 mm

Spectacular accumulation of more than 15 complete specimens of the primitive echinoderm Milonicystis. These enigmatic echinoderms from the Stylophora group are perfectly preserved. This specimen retains all the details of the animal in great detail and presents all its parts complete.

This specimen is extremely rare; very few specimens have been found. The contrast of the fossil with the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossils allows for detailed observation of the delicate structures of the enigmatic animal. A specimen worthy of a Museum.

Plastic support included.

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.