1.6" Cretaceous Sea Urchin (Toxaster) Fossil - Germany

Cretaceous Sea Urchin (Toxaster) Fossil - Germany #147155

This is a 1.6" wide sea urchin of the species Toxaster amplus, collected from Gard, France. It is Lower Cretaceous, Hauterivian Stage in age, or approximately 130 million years old.

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.

SPECIES

Toxaster amplus

AGE

Lower Cretaceous, Hauterivian Stage (130 Million Years)

LOCATION

St. Just, Gard, Germany

SIZE

1.6" wide

1.6" Cretaceous Sea Urchin (Toxaster) Fossil - Germany

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