Rare Plumulites Feathery Annelid Worm Fossil

From the Great Ordovician Radiation

Plumulites

Phylum Annelida, Order Turrilepadomorpha, Family Plumulititidae

Geological Time: Ordovician (Machaeridian)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): The fossil is 1 13/16” in length on a 4 ½” x 5” irregular shaped plate

Fossil Site: Lower Ktaova, Mecissi, Morocco

Code: PFT789

Price: $275.00


Plumulites Annelid Worm FossilDescription: Plumulites was a slug like Metazoan, or, armored worm. The armoured annelid worm is the relative of the modern-day earthworm, leech and bristleworm. They have only recently been quarried and brought to the fossil market place. Generally, the preservation of the fossils is sketchy and poor, as they were soft-bodied. This particular specimen is well preserved presenting a bright rust/orange patina, displaying excellent detail of the feathery appendages. It fully exhibits the complete body, including the tapered head and tail. The spinal cord is clearly evident. The plate was cracked and repaired.

This year at the 2014 show I was lucky to procure five very large specimens. Averaging over five times the length of the ones I acquired last year.

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