Virginia Blastoid
Mississippian
About Virginia Blastoid
The Virginia Blastoid is a echinoderm fossil dating to the Mississippian. Blastoid is a realistic Virginia fossil profile built around bud-shaped echinoderm with petal-like ambulacra preserved in limestone. In this state, success usually comes from learning roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●bud shape
- ●five petaloid grooves
- ●small attachment point
- ●Check roadcuts through limestone and shale, coal spoils, and stream gravels
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