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Photo by KarenSaxton
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Description:

found on Bandon beach. I love how on one side the open area at the base of the shell is clearly visible and how on the other the spines are. Reminds me of a modern pencil urchin

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Comments (9)
KarenSaxton
I would sure like a find a dino fossil, but I agree this is an exceptional one
Darwin26
Fossils and Artifacts are waaaaaaaay kewl to find. i found a wierd very dark Rock, shaped somewhat like a breast plate or thigh ... i thought it was a petrified tree 'er something from this pith like shape in the center~ turns out it is a dinosaur fossil and the pith is actually the bone marrow fossilzed... The urchin certainly a lot prettier!
CindyBinghamKeiser
Awesome spotting. I've never seen them here in San Diego or on the Oregon coast :( I'll keep looking!
KarenSaxton
I used to live in San Diego and made many trips to Torrey Pines beach to look for fossils. None of those compared to this gem
Ava T-B
This is so like the art of Andy Goldsworthy and, differently, Isamu Noguchi. What a great find!
KarenSaxton
It was sitting on a drift log. So I think someone else found it, and perhaps only saw the circle. Best fossil I've ever found.

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PublishedNovember 10, 2011

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