07176 - Superb 4.51 Inch OPHIURA SP Brittlestar Upper Ordovician Ktaoua Fm Stephanodus 64 Inch = 16
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Description
64 Inch = 16
Phacopidella
Family Mosasauridae
It has glued but not restored fracture
Subfamily: Mosasaurinae Williston
07176 - Superb 4.51 Inch OPHIURA SP Brittlestar Upper Ordovician Ktaoua Fm Stephanodus 64 Inch = 16Beautiful preserved and well prepared specimen. This 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.