Description

Furca mauritanica
Early Ordovician (Arenigian)
Upper Fezouata Formation
Zagora, Draa Valley, Morocco

24mm on 79mm slab (OEX1.1).

Furca is a soft-bodied marrellamorph arthropod known from only a couple of Ordovician sites worldwide. It was among the first softbodied fossils from the Fezouata lagerstatten to be recognized as related to a similar animal in the famous Burgess Shale.

See: Wikipedia – Furca