1.7" Soft-Bodied Marrellomorph (Furca) Fossil - Fezouata Formation

Here is a rare and well preserved marrellomorph (Furca mauretanica) from the Upper Fezouata Formation of Morocco. Furca was a soft bodied “marrellomorph” arthropod, somewhat similar to the more common Marrella from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Its red preservation stands out nicely against the tan shale.

The location these furca came from has now been closed to collecting, so it's unlikely many more will being coming onto the market unless a now locality is found.

A paper on these can be found at the link below.

Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type

Marrellomorphs are a group of arthropods known from the Cambrian to the Early Devonian. They lacked mineralized hard parts, so are only known from areas of exceptional preservation, limiting their fossil distribution. The