Description Fossil Starfish/Echinoderm Genus/Species: Urasterella asperula Age: Lower Devonian/Emsian (approximately 390 million) Location: Hunsrück Slate, Bundenbach, Germany This wonderful, detailed fossil comes to us from an old mineral and fossil collection that we were incredibly lucky to pick and choose from! Plate Size: 6.5″ long x 6″ wide x .3″ thick Weight: 12.18 ounce *Notes on Bundenbach Fossils *Lagerstätte Status: Because of this incredible preservation, the site is classified as a Konservat-Lagerstätte, a rare type of fossil deposit that contains an unusual amount of high-quality paleontological data *Closed Mines: Most slate mining in Bundenbach ended by 1999–2000. Since fossils were primarily found as a byproduct of this mining, new material is now very limited. *Old Collections: Most specimens currently on the market come from “old collections” that were found decades ago while the mines were still operational.
