Ordovician Petraster Asteroid Echinoderms & Ascocystites Eocrinoids Ordovician age Petraster Echinoderm from the Atlas Mountains These are from the Mecissi area, Morocco Age 470 Million Years. The sizes are given below. All these pieces have had some repair to the matrix. Some small restoration is normal on these pieces. The Eocrinoids come from El Kaid Errami, Morocco ( East of Anti-atlas Mountains) and are Lower Ordovician.
Sinosura kelheimense These Jurassic Age Brittle-Star fossils come from the World Famous Lagerstatte of Solnhofen, Germany. (Kimmeridgian stage, 150 Million years old). Found in the Solnhofen limestone, Plattenkalk Formation, Malm Zeta 3, Heinheim, Eichstatt. All are as found from splitting shale layers. What you see is a snapshot of the Jurassic Seas of Germany. Solnhofen's most famous resident fossil is the very early Bird, Archaeopteryx. From this find, many other fossil types have been found there and is now a world famous heritage site.