Fossil Sand Dollar Mineral Rock Approx. 0.5-1 Inch w Info Card
Quantity: 1 Fossil Sand Dollar Picture is representative of the specimen you will receive. Each rock is unique and will vary in shape, size and appearance. No two rocks will be exactly alike. Origin: Morocco, Africa
This Unique Fossil Specimen Comes With A Fact Filled Information Card. The common sand dollar that washes up on the beach is so named because it resembles a coin. A sand collar that washes up on the beach is actually the exoskeleton or test of a type of sea animal known as an echinoid. Other types of echinoids are sea urchins, sea cucumbers and star fish. This sand dollar is fossilized and was found in a phosphate mine in the Western Sahara Desert in a strata of the Earth dated to the Pliocene Epoch making this fossil 2 million to 11 million year old. The specie of this fossilized sand dollar is Heliophora and is also commonly known as a skirted sand dollar. Some echinoids from the Pliocene Epoch became extinct, but the sand dollar survived and can be found living on ocean floors around the world.
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{"Item Weight": "0.17 ounces", "Manufacturer": "Squire Boone Village", "Date First Available": "January 16, 2012"}