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Plate Of Rare Cretaceous Starfish (3 Types) - Morocco
This is a plate of detailed, and rare Early Cretaceous starfish fossils from Taba, Morocco. There are at least three types present, the largest being Betelgeusia orientalis. There are a pair of Marocaster coronatus and a pair of a third type which I can not ID. I recently acquired a small number of several types of starfish from this locality, and I have not previously seen them offered for sale.
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reboul. 2011. A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 85(6):1021-1034
Full reference: D. B. Blake and R. Reboul. 2011. A new asteroid (Echinodermata) faunule from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Morocco. Journal of Paleontology 85(6):1021-1034
SPECIES
Betelgeusia orientalis, Marocaster coronatus, & Unidentified
LOCATION
Taba, Tawrirt Oukanakay Region, Morocco
SIZE
Rock 6.9x5.7"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#54317
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