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Multiple Brittlestar Plate From Pennsylvania
STARFISH
Stock Number XIST16

Name:   Taeniaster spinosus
Age:  Ordovician
Formation:  Martinsburg Formation
Location:  Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania
Size:  Plate is 1.5" X 2.6"
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Here is a rare find of fossil brittlestars from the Ordovician of Pennsylvania. This specimen was found by Steve Hess in 1988. There are three examples of Taeniaster spinosus on the plate. Brittlestars are extremely uncommon in the fossil record. A multiple plate of fossil brittlestars is very unusual. Brittlestars have a large central disk with five long, thin, sinuous arms. These specimens retain the central disk and many of the very thin arms are well preserved. The wonderful orange color is fully natural. The echinoderms are nicely presented on the rectangular plate of matrix. This is a fine multiple specimen of brittlestars from the famous site at Swatara Gap.