Delicate Cretaceous Echinoid Fossil

Goniopygus sp

Phylum Echinodermata, Subphylum Echinozoa, Class Echinoidea, Order Arbacioida, Family Acropeltiidae

Geological Time: Cretaceous

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Echinoid fossil is 30 mm diameter by 18 mm high

Fossil Site: Talsint, Morocco

Fossil Code: 12074

Price: Sold

Cretaceous Echinoid FossilDescription: This is a nice example of a Cretaceous echinoid prepared entirely free of matrix. The knobs represent attachments for the defensive spines the urchin had in life.

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Class Echinoidea

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