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Wonderful Multiple Plate of Cryptoblastus melo
BLASTOIDS
Stock Number XIBL48
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Name:   Cryptoblastus melo
Age:  Mississippian
Formation:  Burlington Formation
Location:  Ralls County, Missouri
Size:  Plate is 3 inches tall
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This is an unusual multiple specimen of Cryptoblastus melo from the Mississippian of Missouri. There are FOUR large Cryptoblastus blastoids on the plate. This is not an uncommon blastoid, but a plate with so many is quite unusual. The melon-shaped blastoids are very inflated and exhibit fine detail. The plate structure is well defined and the thin ambulacra are easily seen. There is also a Platycrinites calyx on the plate (lower left). The off-white fossils contrast nicely with the brownish-orange matrix. The fossils are nicely positioned on the squared plate of limestone. This is a very displayable plate of Cryptoblastus melo from the famous Burlington Formation.