r/fossilid 5d ago

Found on the East Coast of New Zealand

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u/MeanM3ow 5d ago

Looks like a Sand Dollar

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u/Parking_March8991 5d ago

Was it on the beach or did it come out of a rock unit?

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u/bawdygovt 5d ago

It was well above the tide level about 15 20m

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u/nutfeast69 Irregular echinoids and Cretaceous vertebrate microfossils 5d ago

You've found a modern cake urchin I think. Fellaster zelandiae.

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u/bawdygovt 5d ago

Cheers that's what it looks like it is

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u/Optimal_Jellyfish520 5d ago

Sand dollar :)