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Name:
Stenaster salteri and Unidentified Starfish
Age: Ordovician
Formation: Bobcaygeon Formation
Location: Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Size: Stenasters are about 1'' across, plate is 5.8'' X 9.1''
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This is an excellent plate of fossil starfish from the Ordovician of Canada. There are three examples of Stenaster salteri (two are pictured) and a smaller unidentified starfish on the slab. Stenaster starfish are commonly called ''button stars''. The smaller, unidentified starfish is very rare - we have never seen anything quite like it. All of the starfish have all five arms present (highly unusual) and exhibit superb detail. The plate structure is beautifully defined - just look at the pictures. These fossil echinoderms have very good color and contrast and are well presented on the large, trapezoidal plate of limestone that also contains many bryozoan colonies, a brachiopod, some echinoderm fragments, and many other fossils. This is a wonderful plate of extremely nice starfish from the Bobcaygeon Formation.
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