Fine Complete 8cm Spiney Urastella Sp? Lower Devonian, Bundenbach
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:16154529 | Modified Item: No |
| Fossil Echinoderm, Starfish: Devonian, Bundenbach, Germany |
Offered is a fine and complete 8cm example of an unidentified species of the Ophiuroid Urastella (?) Hunsruck Slate starfish, from the celebrated Lower Devonian(Sigennian-Emsian) locality at Bundenbach, Germany.This good sized specimen shows fine detail of the arms with innumerable tiny calcitic plates and with peripheral hair-like spines. It appears to belong to Urastella, but differs from U. verricucolsa in having much narrower arms, and differs from U. asperula in lacking a wel...l defined central disc. Matrix approx, 18cm X 14cm X 0.5cm. (weight 0.4kg)Affordable price for such an attractive and articulated example of a rare starfish from this classic locality!
