Crushed and Incomplete Example of Hyperoblastus reimani from Milan, MI

Submitted by: David Thompson
Taxon: Hyperoblastus reimanni
Submit date: 2010-11-26
Location (approximate): Milan, Washtenaw, MI
Stratigraphy: Silica Formation
Age: Erian (Middle Devonian)
Submitter notes: This crushed(see next photo entry for crushed side) example is to show what a blastoid in this condition might look like. It is 11.5 mm high by 9.8 mm wide at the widest. This was collected in 1991 from the Martin-Marietta spoil piles in Milan, MI where blastoids are far more rare then, for example, at Paulding, OH.

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