Description

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

20mm on 95mm x 60mm slab.

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