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Cryptoblastus melo Age: Mississippian Formation: Burlington Formation Location: Ralls County, Missouri Size: Plate is almost 3 inches across This specimen is not for sale Click here for similar specimens that are for sale
Here is a very nice pair of echinoderms from the Mississippian of Missouri. The slab has two very nice Cryptoblastus melo blastoids preserved. These 3-dimensional blastoids show the thin ambulacra quite nicely. The radial-deltoid sutures are easily seen. The fossils have very nice detail preserved. The whitish-colored fossisl contrasts wonderfully with the orangish matrix that also contains other fossil fragments. This is a very distinct double specimen of classic echinoderms from the Burlington Formation.