11-1/2" Scutella Fossil 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6f Utah pictorially exhibits the wild

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

Perfectly shaped and measuring ~ 2" in diameter

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

They had elongated snouts with barbed teeth that faced outward

11-1/2" Scutella Fossil 984cabaa01be0eaa051bad79d9c4bd6f Utah pictorially exhibits the wildScutella 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.