Platanaster ordovicus, starfish
This echinoid dates from the Ordovician period. Starfish belong to the Echinoderm spiney skinned and were mostly bottom dwellers. They are also characterised by five-fold symmetry
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10703613
Media ID
47585025
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4755px x 3708px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Asteroidea Dweller Echinoderm Echinodermata Ordovician Paleozoic Phanerozoic Starfish Symmetry
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