Fossil Brittle Star - SOLD 6.57" Ophiurida dimetrodon TITANIC (Coal from wreck)

TITANIC (Coal from wreck)

This pyroclastic mineral comes from the island of Java

A moment of impact captured 14

due to the dark of the night we saw nothing

Fossil Brittle Star - SOLD 6.57" Ophiurida dimetrodon TITANIC (Coal from wreck)Brittle Stars are one of the oldest groups of animals in the fossil record. Their whip like arms and star shaped bodies have remained relatively unchanged through hundreds of millions of years, which is a testament to their evolutionary success. This specimen is a 6. 57" pair of Ordovician Ophiurida Brittle Stars, which lived over 440 million years ago. Members of the genus could be found all over the world and resembled modern brittle stars in shape