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MISSISSIPPIAN BLASTOID: ANCIENT PLANKTON HUNTER

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Author: FossilHuntress
Date: 2019-07-10 16:00:00
Blog: ARCHEA
URL: https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2019/07/mississippian-blastoid-ancient-plankton.html

Summary:

Pentremites sp. / Hardin County, Kentucky This wee lovely Blastoid is Pentremites sp. from Mississippian deposits in Hardin County, Kentucky. This little fellow represents a specimen from the peak of their diversity in the Mississippian. Blastoids are an extinct type of stemmed or stalked suspension feeding echinoderms, sometimes referred to as "sea buds."  They made a living feeding on

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