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SEA URCHIN (ECHINOID) FROM THE CHALK (ECHINOCORYS) - 80 million years old - Kent

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FOSSIL SEA URCHIN (ECHINOID)
  
Echinocorys
  
80 million years old
(Cretaceous period)


North Kent

This dome-shaped Echinocorys is complete and well-preserved. It is from an old collection and was collected in the 1980s. A gorgeous fossil.

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. 
  

Please note that some photographs are taken using oblique lighting to make the surface details easier to see.
  
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Size: approx. 7 x 5 x 5 centimetres
Weight: 163 grams

PRICE: £25.00
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