This is a nice and detailed specimen of a Eldonia berberi from the Ordovician of Morocco. The softbody fossils from this locality are mentioned by Van Roy in 2011 as Tafilalt Biota. This conservation deposit must be considered as a important locality of palaeontology. It does show that some Burgess Shale like fauna elements also are occur long after middle cambrian period. | |||
Location: | El Kaid Rami, Marocco | ||
Size Eldonia: | about 70 & 74 mm | ||
Age: | Upper Ordovician, Caradoc (Sandbian), Ktaoua Fm (about 470 Ma) |