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Description: | Specimen of a fossil brittle star, Aplocoma murravii, collected from the Lower Lias of Early Jurassic, Early Pliensbachian age from Staithes, North Yorkshire (NE England).
Fossilised brittle stars are not very common, because these animals are so fragile. Their bodies are usually broken soon after death. This example is quite sturdy. Because it has arms that are quite thick, you can see quite clearly the layers of scales that cover them. The mouth of the brittle star is in the centre of the five-sided, flower shaped disc (the body of the brittle star) where the arms meet.
The specimen was found in North Yorkshire.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Ophiuroidea Classification: Animalia Echinodermata Invertebrata | 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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