7.7" Ordovician Graptolite (Paradelograptus) Plate - Morocco

Ordovician Graptolite (Paradelograptus) Plate - Morocco #174334

This is a 7.7" wide plate of graptolite (Paradelograptus norvegicus) fossils from the Lower Ordovician, Fezouata Shale of Southern Morocco. There are graptolite fossils on both sides of the shale. It comes with an acrylic display stand.

More information on this formation can be found at: The Lower Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte from Morocco: Age, environment and evolutionary perspectives

Graptolites are tiny extinct animals that lived together in groups or colonies and shared the same skeleton. Each animal built its own living chamber, which were then stuck together to make the colony. Some colonies grew like branches of a tree, with many living chambers on each branch. Different kinds of graptolite colonies had branches with different shapes. They could be straight, curved, or even spiral-shaped.