1.5" Miocene Sea Urchin (Schizaster) Fossil - Sardinia

Miocene Sea Urchin (Schizaster) Fossil - Sardinia #189431

This is an inflated fossil sea urchin of the species Schizaster calceolus from Thiesi, Sardinia. It is Eocene - Burdigalian in age, or approximately 16 to 20 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.