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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 se -
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 se -
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 se -
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 se
