22126 - Superb Mortality Plate 17 OPHIURA SP Brittlestars Upper Ordovician Ktaoua Fm Otodus vertebrae 084g of this rare type

084g of this rare type of Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3

Mineralogy and textural properties of samples were studied on polished thin sections using transmitted and reflected light microscopy at LPA (UA) and UGR

†Lehua sp

Krauselisporites

Alternative spellings: Acadoparadoxides

22126 - Superb Mortality Plate 17 OPHIURA SP Brittlestars Upper Ordovician Ktaoua Fm Otodus vertebrae 084g of this rare typeThis type of brittlestar is quite representative of the Ordovician of the South of Morocco. Its orange colors come from the limonite (iron oxide) that is the product of the oxidation of the original pyrite that mineralized these fossils.