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Starfish
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Maastrichtian
PeeDee Formation
Rocky Point Member
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 08/08/2013
Acquired by: Field Collection
Length: 2 1/8 "
Width: 1 3/4 "
Thickness: 3/16 "
Big Hole
Pender County
North Carolina
United States
Found 8 Aug 2013. An extremely rare starfisht, it was 1 of less than 10 complete specimens ever found at that time. It was found in the sand layer of the Rocky Point member of the PeeDee. This layer contains abundant Flemingostrea subspatulata among other oysters along with Hardouinia mortonis and kellumi echinoids.
This starfish was invertebrate fossil of the month in 08/2013.
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