Very Rare Hurdiid Radiodont - Fossil plate matrix - Aegirocassis benmoulai

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Aegirocassis benmoulai head sclerite, a very rare Hurdiid radiodont specimen from the Lower Ordovician Tremadocian Fezouata Formation in Morocco, preserved in natural condition with matrix glued and no restoration.

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Nearly complete central element of carapace (head sclerite) of Aegirocassis benmoulai (Van Roy, Daley, & Briggs, 2015) - negative. Aegirocassis is extinct genus of giant radiodont arthropod belonging to the family Hurdiidae. This filter-feeding arthropod with length up to 2 metres was the largest animal in Ordovician period.
There is also a graptolite Araneograptus murrayi.
Matrix and fossil are glued. No restoration.

Age: Lower Ordovician, Tremadocian, Fezouata Fm.
Locality: Morocco, Zagora area
Matrix size - 210 x 190 x 26 mm
Carapace size - 175 x 42 mm
Weight: 640 g

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Nearly complete central element of carapace (head sclerite) of Aegirocassis benmoulai (Van Roy, Daley, & Briggs, 2015) - negative. Aegirocassis is extinct genus of giant radiodont arthropod belonging to the family Hurdiidae. This filter-feeding arthropod with length up to 2 metres was the largest animal in Ordovician period.
There is also a graptolite Araneograptus murrayi.
Matrix and fossil are glued. No restoration.

Age: Lower Ordovician, Tremadocian, Fezouata Fm.
Locality: Morocco, Zagora area
Matrix size - 210 x 190 x 26 mm
Carapace size - 175 x 42 mm
Weight: 640 g

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

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