Double Ophiuroidea Brittle Star | Morocco dino size: 5" x 4

size: 5" x 4

5" at thickest side

Pinnae (leaflets) are attached at a slight angle along a central rachis

These crabs are discovered when workers are sawing blocks of travertine and cut into voids

Germany and France (Arduini & Teruzzi

Double Ophiuroidea Brittle Star | Morocco dino size: 5" x 4Ophiuroidea Brittle Star Late Ordovician El Kaid Errami Valley Tafilalt, Morocco Specimen approx. size: 1. 25" x 1. 25" & 1. 25" x 0. 75" Matrix approx. size: 5. 75" x 3. 75" x 1. 125" Members of the class Ophiuroidea, commonly known as brittle stars, are echinoderms distinguished by a small central disc and five slender, flexible arms clearly separated from the disc. Their skeleton is composed of articulated calcite plates (ossicles), often found