Double Ophiuroidea Brittle Star | Morocco sea scorpion It helps us overcome fear

It helps us overcome fear

Recovering approximately 100 tons of fragments

laterally compressed fish exhibiting a sunfish-like profile

a formidable predator roamed

Double Ophiuroidea Brittle Star | Morocco sea scorpion It helps us overcome fearOphiuroidea Brittle Star Late Ordovician El Kaid Errami Valley Tafilalt, Morocco Specimen approx. size: 1. 25" x 1. 25" & 1. 25" x 0. 75" Matrix approx. size: 5. 75" x 3. 75" x 1. 125" Members of the class Ophiuroidea, commonly known as brittle stars, are echinoderms distinguished by a small central disc and five slender, flexible arms clearly separated from the disc. Their skeleton is composed of articulated calcite plates (ossicles), often found