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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brittle star, Ophioderma egertoni Broderip, collected from the Middle Lias, Starfish Bed (?) of Early Jurassic age from Dorset (SW England). Collected by J. Goring.
There are two fossilised brittle-stars on this piece of rock. Brittle-stars are a type of star fish that have very thin arms. Their arms are very brittle and they break very easily. Fortunately, if they lose an arm, they can grow a new one. Brittle stars are still alive today. They move around by jerking their arms forward in pairs.
The specimen was found in Dorset.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Ophiuroidea Classification: Animalia Echinodermata Invertebrata J. Goring | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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