Asteroidea sp.


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Superclass
Asterozoa
Class
Asteroidea
Binomial Name
Asteroidea sp.
Formation
Upper Ktaoua Formation
Locale
Erfoud Area, Morocco
Age
Late Ordovician
Notes

Like most of the echinoderms of Morocco, this is undescribed. So all we can say for sure is that this is a starfish, we have no more particular identification.

This is beautifully preserved, and a reminder that all the major forms of enchinoderms we have today were present by the end of the Ordovician.


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Asteroidea sp.


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