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By TqB
Brittle Star
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Pliensbachian
Lias Group
Staithes Sandstone Formation
Collector: self
Date Collected: 07/15/2014
Acquired by: Field Collection
Width: 19.5 cm
North Yorkshire coast
North Yorkshire County
North East
England
As often the case with brittle stars and other starfish, this shows the oral surface and is on the underside of the sandstone bed.
The bed below it is a shale and the base of the sandstone represents a sudden influx of sediment which preserved the brittle star nearly intact.
This was Invertebrate/Plant Fossil of the Month Sept 2014 and Fossil of the Year 2014.
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