1.1" Cretaceous Sea Urchin Fossil on Flint Chert - England

Cretaceous Sea Urchin Fossil on Flint Chert - England #251742

This is a beautiful, 1.1" wide fossil sea urchin that's still attached to a section of flint chert, collected from Dover, Kent, England. It comes from the Cretaceous deposits, making it approximately 83 million years old.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Sea urchins are a type of echinoderm that are still living relatively unchanged today. They live at the bottom of soft ocean floors and have long spines protruding from their central bodies. They move along the bottom of the ocean using many small feet while feeding on various plant and animal matter.