Description

Furca mauretanica

Ordovician

Upper Fezouata Formation

Zagora, Draa Valley Morocco.

50mm softbodied arthropod on 114mm slab.  A great specimen at this price.

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.