1.9" Cretaceous Echinoid (Gibbaster) Fossil - Germany

Cretaceous Echinoid (Gibbaster) Fossil - Germany #156361

This is a beautiful 1.9" wide fossil echinoid of the species Micraster (Gibbaster) stolleyi, collected from Northern Germany. It is Upper Cretaceous - Campanian in age.

Sea urchins are a type of echinoderm that are still living relatively unchanged today. They live at the bottom of soft ocean floors and have long spines protruding from their central bodies. They move along the bottom of the ocean using many small feet while feeding on various plant and animal matter.

SPECIES

Micraster (Gibbaster) stolleyi

AGE

Upper Cretaceous - Campanian Stage

LOCATION

Northern Germany

SIZE

1.9" wide

1.9" Cretaceous Echinoid (Gibbaster) Fossil - Germany

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