Starfish And Ostracods

Late middle Ordovician Kanosh Shale

Millard County, Utah

Top--A starfish from the late middle Ordovician Kanosh Shale, western Millard County, Utah, a number of miles east of the eastern border of White Pine County, Nevada. Scale is in millimeters and centimeters.

Bottom--Exterior and interior views of genus-species Leperditella valida ostracods (a bivalve crustacean) from the late middle Ordovician Kanosh Shale, western Millard County, Utah, a number of miles east of the eastern border of White Pine County, Nevada. Photographs courtesy Lehi F. Hintze and Fitzhugh D. Davis; I edited and processed the images through photoshop.

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