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Echinoid specimens

These fossils are from mines in the Sahara Desert in Morocco and lived during the Silurian period (400-440 Million years ago)

 

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F1282 - Commonly called Sea Biscuits or Sea Urchins. Echinoid is Latin for "prickle".

Oligopygus wetherbyi, order Holectypida, Family Oligopygus.

When alive, these animals were covered with movable spines which gave protection and provided locomotion.

These specimens measure approximately 1.25" to 1.5" in diameter.