Superb Moroccan Cretaceous Echinoid Fossil

Name: Cidaris sp.

Age: Cretaceous, Barremian Stage

Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): 45 mm diameter ; 14 mm high

Location: Gourama Riche, Morocco

Code: 03040

Price: $30.00 - Sold

Description: Well-preserved example of a delicate Echinoid (sea urchin) of the genus Cidaris. The tests (shells) of urchins are typically quite fragile, so not found intact too often. Most modern-day examples are found broken in the surf. This one must have been filled with sediment shortly after the death of the urchin, or burial may have been the cause of death. Either way, this fine example has been preserved intact for its nearly 100 million year journey into the present. Notice that the pores of the ambulacral system by which the urchin moved have been preserved in great detail. This is a fine example of a wonderfully-ornamented member of the Echinoidea.

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