11-1/2" Scutella Fossil 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6f Height ~ 1 1/2"

Height ~ 1 1/2"

ranging from small sub-gram nugget to the larger pieces weighing a few ounces in size

They died out around 65

Utah pictorially exhibits the wild breathtaking beauty of Utah’s “Canyon Lands” in miniature form

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11-1/2" Scutella Fossil 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6f Height ~ 1 1/2"Scutella fossils are calcified remains of marine echinoderms (starfish, crinoids, sea urchins). They existed during the Miocene Epoch about 20 12 million years ago. The name scutella originates from the Latin "scutum", which means shield. It refers to the hard, chitin calcite plates that formed the animal's exoskeleton.