Detailed Fossil Starfish Plate from California

Name: Henricia venturana; Echinodermata: Class Asteroidea (starfish or seastars)

Age: Upper Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 150mm X 250mm Largest starfish 45mm

Location: Cozy Dell Formation, Upper Sespe Creek, Ventura County, California

Code: EC019

Price: $95.00 - $20 U.S. shipping

This is an nice fossil starfish plate from the famous Cozy Dell Formation, not too far inland in Ventura County California. The plate three Henricia venturana.

Generally, starfish are relatively uncommon in the fossil record owing to the fragility of the creature’s body. Starfish are already difficult to find at Cozy Dell, and specimens with this state of detailed preservation are indeed rare.

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