Egg shapes on brachiopod
        Eliasopora sp. (bryozoan)
          
          Bois D' Arc Formation
          Lower Devonian
          Black Cat Mountain Quarry
          Clarita, OK

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Eliasopora sp. (bryozoan)

These "egg shaped" clusters occur on the brachiopod Riphidomelloides (Dalejina?) oblatus.
The larger clusters are about 1.5 mm in diameter. Individual "eggs" are about .5mm in length,
with no visible openings.

Resource: Epizoans on the Brachiopod Paraspirifer bownockeri from the Middle Devonian of Ohio

Bill Rushlau

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