Starfish

[drbush]

Dear friends can you help me with this , it looks like a starfish ? . I fount it last weekend  , 50 km to the north of Riyadh city the capital of Saudi Arabia, the area is Jurassic  , Jubaila formation, the the fossil is very small , the arm is 6 mm , the center is 4 mm with only 3 arms and a partial one .  what could it be ?  

 

thank you in advance 

Mohamed 

Edited October 21, 2018 by drbush
correction

[Rockwood]

Looks like a brittle star (ophiuroid) to me.

[TqB]

35 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

Looks like a brittle star (ophiuroid) to me.

I agree.

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

+1 on ophiuroid echinoderm ("brittle star") - a very nice specimen you've got, too!

 

-Christian

[ynot]

WOW!

That is a nice brittle star.

[RJB]

 Small,,,,  but cool!

 

RB

[Bobby Rico]

Very nice great find. 

[KimTexan]

Very neat find even with 3 arms. It kind of looks like one arm is folded in.

[Innocentx]

Even incomplete, it is quite a find. Congratulations.