Echinoderms Homocystites adidiensis & Dendrocystites sp.

Echinoderms Homocystites adidiensis & Dendrocystites barrandei

Well preserved mortality plate with multiple rhombiferan blastozoan echinoderms Homocystites adidiensis (Zamora et al., 2019), solutans Dendrocystites sp. and fragments of brittle stars Protaster sp.

Age: Upper Ordovician, Lower Ktaoua Formation
Locality: Morocco, Anti-Atlas, El Kaid Errami
Size: 250 x 90 x 40 mm
The biggest Homocystites size: 45 x 12 mm
Weight: 1088 g

Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Homoiostelea
Order: Soluta
Family: Dendrocystidae
Genus: Dendrocystites

Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum:Blastozoa
Class: Rhombifera
Superfamily: Glyptocystitoida
Family: Cheirocrinidae
Genus: Homocystites