Description

Furca mauretanica
Ordovician
Upper Fezouata Formation
Zagora, Draa Valley Morocco.

50mm softbodied arthropod on 114mm slab. Very large for the species

Furca is a soft-bodied marrellamorph arthropod known from only a couple of Ordovician sites worldwide. It is closely related to Marrella splendens from the Burgess Shale. This is one of the largest we have had and has excellent detail.