COLLECTION OF SEA URCHINS (ECHINOIDS) FROM THE CHALK - 80 million years old - Beer Head, Devon
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80 million years old
Upper Chalk (Cretaceous period)
Beer Head, Devon
Three heart-shaped echinoids of the genus Micraster. They are complete but with some slight damage.
Sea urchins, or echinoids, are marine creatures with shells covered in spines, which became detached when the animal died. Fossils of the sea urchin Micraster can be found in the Chalk of southern England.
These fossils are from an old collection.
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Size: approx. 5 x 5 x 3 centimetres (size of largest echinoid)
Weight: 164 grams (total weight)
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