fossil sea urchin (detail)

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Canon EOS 6D - f/18 - 3.2 sec - 100 mm - ISO 200

 

This sea urchin is ca. 20 million years old !

Alas it will not become older, because during today's photo session it fell from the table and broke into 100 pieces : ' (

 

- I did buy this fossil 30 years ago in the South of Italy.

This sea urchin belongs to the genus Clypeaster.

Size of the complete urchin: 110 x 91 mm

Age: Lower Miocene (about 20 Mill. Years)

 

- Dit fossiel kocht ik 30 jaar geleden in Zuid Italië.

Deze zee-egel behoort tot het genus Clypeaster.

Afmetingen: 110 x 91 mm

Leeftijd: laat Mioceen (ca. 20 miljoen jaar)

 

 

photos on the web of fossiles of this genus of sea urchins:

trifoss.com/product_info_sold.php?language=en&product...;

 

 

www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/19823-spa...

 

www.fossilmall.com/Pangaea/pfossils/pf25/pf-fossils25.htm

 

 

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