Mysterious primitive animal!!! - Conularia - Fossilised...

Spectacular conularia, Eoconularia. Conulariids are an extinct group of animals related to corals and jellyfish (Phylum Cnidaria) known from fossils from the base of the Paleozoic to the Late Triassic. They are known almost exclusively by their hard external skeletons (also called theca), which were pyramidal in shape and composed of numerous lamellae. This enigmatic animal is perfectly preserved. This specimen preserves with great detail the animal's features and presents all of its parts complete. This specimen is extremely rare, completely complete down to the apex of attachment. The contrast of the fossil with the matrix is spectacular. The extraordinary preservation of the fossil allows observing in meticulous detail the delicate structures of this enigmatic animal. A specimen worthy of a museum. Plastic supports included. Plate 1: 167 g; 10 x 7 x 2 cm Plate 2: 120 g; 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.8 cm The outcrops of the Fezouata Formation, near the Moroccan city of Zagora, are providing a rich and varied record of fossils with extraordinary preservation, to the point that soft parts or soft-bodied animals are preserved with some frequency. This type of preservation is similar, although time-wise later, to that of the famous Burgess Shale (Canada). They are fossils dating between 480 and 472 million years old. Back then Morocco was an ocean and located near the South Pole.

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