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Name:
Archaeocidaris illinoisensis
Age: Mississippian
Formation: St. Louis Formation
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Size: Plate is 4.5 inches across
This is a very rare echinoderm find. It is a plate of three Archaeocidaris illinoisensis from the Mississippian of St. Louis. Fossil echinoids from the St. Louis area are famous around the world and have been extremely sought-after by collectors for decades. These urchins were found YEARS ago, stored in a box, and just now opened and prepared - when they're all gone, they're GONE! These spiny urchins are larger than the Lepidocidaris found in the Mississippian Warsaw Formation, and are OLDER than the Pennsylvanian Archaeocidaris from Texas. These three urchins themselves are complete with MANY barbed spines still intact. Most of the types of urchins from this site have smooth spines (there are three species!), and ones with the barbed spines are rare. The echinoids display well on the large, squared plate of matrix that also has a nice urchin on the back side. This is a very rare multiple example of Mississippian echinoids from the St. Louis Formation, offered exclusively through EXTINCTIONS.
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