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Name:
Pleurocystites squamosus
Age: Ordovician
Formation: Bobcaygeon Formation
Location: Ontario, Canada
Size: Cystoid is about 3.5 inches along curve
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This is an excellent fossil cystoid. It is a large Pleurocystites squamosus from the Ordovician of Ontario, Canada. This specimen was recently acquired from a major fossil collection. This rare cystoid is woderfully preserved and retains its classic sperm-like shape. Both of the uniserial arms are intact, which is extremely unusual. The LONG, tapering stem is still tightly attached, which is also extremely rare. The cream-colored fossil contrasts nicely with the grey matrix. The cystoid is beautifully centered on the rectangular plate of limestone. This is a very distinct example of this unusual Ordovician echinoderm.
This fossil was collected and obtained legally, and is also being sold legally.
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