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Geocoma corinata Brittle Star Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco Ordovician Period (485.4-443.8 million years ago) Geocoma is an extinct genus of brittle stars that lived in the Jurassic. These are slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeders. Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long, slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length on the largest specimens. They are also known as serpent stars; the New Latin class name Ophiuroidea is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "serpent". The Ophiuroidea contain two large clades, Ophiurida (brittle stars) and Euryalida (basket stars). Over 2,000 species of brittle stars live today. More than 1200 of these species are found in deep waters, greater than 200 m deep. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Family: †Aplocomidae Genus: †Geocoma Species: †corinata -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Geocoma corinata Brittle Star Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco Ordovician Period (485.4-443.8 million years ago) Geocoma is an extinct genus of brittle stars that lived in the Jurassic. These are slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeders. Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long, slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length on the largest specimens. They are also known as serpent stars; the New Latin class name Ophiuroidea is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "serpent". The Ophiuroidea contain two large clades, Ophiurida (brittle stars) and Euryalida (basket stars). Over 2,000 species of brittle stars live today. More than 1200 of these species are found in deep waters, greater than 200 m deep. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Family: †Aplocomidae Genus: †Geocoma Species: †corinata -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Geocoma corinata Brittle Star Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco Ordovician Period (485.4-443.8 million years ago) Geocoma is an extinct genus of brittle stars that lived in the Jurassic. These are slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeders. Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long, slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length on the largest specimens. They are also known as serpent stars; the New Latin class name Ophiuroidea is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "serpent". The Ophiuroidea contain two large clades, Ophiurida (brittle stars) and Euryalida (basket stars). Over 2,000 species of brittle stars live today. More than 1200 of these species are found in deep waters, greater than 200 m deep. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Family: †Aplocomidae Genus: †Geocoma Species: †corinata -
From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Geocoma corinata Brittle Star Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco Ordovician Period (485.4-443.8 million years ago) Geocoma is an extinct genus of brittle stars that lived in the Jurassic. These are slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeders. Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long, slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) in length on the largest specimens. They are also known as serpent stars; the New Latin class name Ophiuroidea is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "serpent". The Ophiuroidea contain two large clades, Ophiurida (brittle stars) and Euryalida (basket stars). Over 2,000 species of brittle stars live today. More than 1200 of these species are found in deep waters, greater than 200 m deep. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Class: Ophiuroidea Order: Ophiurida Suborder: Ophiurina Family: †Aplocomidae Genus: †Geocoma Species: †corinata -
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Phacops Trilobite SITE LOCATION: Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco TIME PERIOD: Devonian Period (419.2 -358.9 Million Years Ago) Data: Phacops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, that lived in Europe, northwestern Africa, North and South America and China from the Early until the very end of the Devonian, with a broader time range described from the Late Ordovician. It was a rounded animal, with a globose head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus. Like in all sighted Phacopina, the eyes of Phacops are compounded of very large, separately set lenses without a common cornea (so called schizochroal eyes), and like almost all other Phacopina, the articulate mid-length part of the body (or thorax) in Phacops has 11 segments. Phacops is often found rolled up, a biological defense mechanism that is widespread among smaller trilobites but further perfected in this genus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Trilobita Order: †Phacopida Family: †Phacopidae Genus: †Phacops-
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Phacops Trilobite SITE LOCATION: Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco TIME PERIOD: Devonian Period (419.2 -358.9 Million Years Ago) Data: Phacops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, that lived in Europe, northwestern Africa, North and South America and China from the Early until the very end of the Devonian, with a broader time range described from the Late Ordovician. It was a rounded animal, with a globose head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus. Like in all sighted Phacopina, the eyes of Phacops are compounded of very large, separately set lenses without a common cornea (so called schizochroal eyes), and like almost all other Phacopina, the articulate mid-length part of the body (or thorax) in Phacops has 11 segments. Phacops is often found rolled up, a biological defense mechanism that is widespread among smaller trilobites but further perfected in this genus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Trilobita Order: †Phacopida Family: †Phacopidae Genus: †Phacops-
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Phacops Trilobite SITE LOCATION: Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco TIME PERIOD: Devonian Period (419.2 -358.9 Million Years Ago) Data: Phacops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae, that lived in Europe, northwestern Africa, North and South America and China from the Early until the very end of the Devonian, with a broader time range described from the Late Ordovician. It was a rounded animal, with a globose head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus. Like in all sighted Phacopina, the eyes of Phacops are compounded of very large, separately set lenses without a common cornea (so called schizochroal eyes), and like almost all other Phacopina, the articulate mid-length part of the body (or thorax) in Phacops has 11 segments. Phacops is often found rolled up, a biological defense mechanism that is widespread among smaller trilobites but further perfected in this genus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: †Trilobita Order: †Phacopida Family: †Phacopidae Genus: †Phacops-
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