Brittlestar

Record Number

WDS487

Fossil Description

Brittlestar. Beautiful rare multi piece with crustacean predation after burial.

Taxonomy

Class

Stelleroidea

Order

Ophiurida

Genus

Palaeocoma

General stratigraphy

(ex situ)

Formation

Dyrham

Member

Thorncombe Sands

Period

Jurassic

Epoch

Lower Jurassic

Age

Pliensbachian

Location Area

Eype

Other Images

Date Of Find

12/05/1995

Date Recorded

15/06/2023

Common Name

Brittlestar

Category

2