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    By fifbrindacier

    Taxonomy

    Sea urchin

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Echinodermata
    Class: Echinoidea
    Order: Cidaroida
    Family: Cidaridae
    Genus: Rhabdocidaris
    Species: Rhabdocidaris sp

    Geological Time Scale

    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Bajocian (Dogger)

    Stratigraphy

    unknown formation

    Provenance

    Date Collected: 04/22/2018
    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Location

    Garsif
    Morocco

    Comments

    In the Berber language, Garsif means confluent. It is built at the confluence of three rivers. This little marvel is considered as the capital of the olive production.

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    abyssunder

    It's a nice little one ! I like it ! :)

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    Thanks @abyssunder, i like it very much. The seller wanted to sell me another much more bigger, but deformed, but i preferred this one.

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    sixgill pete

    @fifbrindacier Beautiful echinoid Sophie. A wonderful addition to the collections. Family Cidaridae has some of the most unique beautiful regular echinoids. 

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    2 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

    @fifbrindacier Beautiful echinoid Sophie. A wonderful addition to the collections. Family Cidaridae has some of the most unique beautiful regular echinoids. 

    Thank you Don.

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