Brittle Starfish

Del Rio Formation

Waco, TX

 

 

The following pictures are all from the same Ophiura nest.  I have labeled all these slabs with a #1 to keep them separated from my other nest pieces.  The #1 is not visible in all the pictures.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

There are a couple Hemiaster echinoids on this slab.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

There are many echinoid fragments under the Ophiura on this slab.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

There is an irregular echinoid on this slab.

Ophiura graysonensis

There are irregular echinoid fragments on this slab.

Ophiura graysonensis

There is an articulated front half of an irregular and some fragments of another irregular on this slab.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

These Ophiura are sitting on top of some irregular echinoid fragments.

Ophiura graysonensis

This riker is all the loose center disks and arms from the nest.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

This slab has over 45 center disks on it along with a couple Hemiaster echinoids.

Ophiura graysonensis

There are the remains of a large Hemiaster on this slab.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

 

The following picture is a riker of associated Ophiura and their arms.  They all belong to the same nest.  This nest is all juvenile Ophiura.

Ophiura graysonensis

 

The following pictures are from my third nest of associated Ophiura.  There are many more pieces to this nest that I don't have the time to clean, yet.  I will make a note on my home page when I am able to finish posting this nest to the site.

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

Ophiura graysonensis

This is the smallest Ophiura I have ever found. It was very difficult to clean without destroying it.

Ophiura graysonensis

Here is a close-up of it.

 

 

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