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Name:
Rotuloidea fimbriatum
Age: Miocene
Formation: Sea Urchin Beds
Location: Safi, Morocco
Size: Echinoid is 1.35 inches across
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Here is a strange-looking echinoid. This is Rotuloidea fimbriatum from the Miocene of Morocco. This ovate echinoid is somewhat flattened in shape, like a sand dollar. It has a very unique, coarsely fringed, or ''notched'', border on half of the test. This is completely natural and is one of the diagnostic traits for the species. This specimen exhibits this characteristic extremely well. The petaloid ambulacra are nicely displayed and, under magnification, the plate structure of the echinoderm is clearly defined. This is a fine example of this oddly-shaped echinoid, much rarer that the similar-looking Heliophora orbicularis specimens.
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