Lot 341
Starfish Mass Mortality Plate. Finding a complete starfish is not easy because the delicate arms break off quite easily during the fossilization process. Finding a mass burial of more than 20 complete and near complete starfish is extraordinary. This large 16 x 12" museum quality plate is 475 million years old from Lkaidrami, Messeu, Southern Morocco. This magnificent sea bottom slab preserves a snapshot of what life existed on the sandy bottom of the warm seas of Morocco 475 million years ago before being buried by mud or volcanic ash. There are more than 20 brittle stars (ophiuroids) up to 5 inches in diameter. Brittle starfish usually hang in groups and attach themselves to the sea bottom and filter feed on small creatures that float by.
This is a rare opportunity to acquire both a rare and dramatic fossil for both display and study.
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Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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