Diminutive Pseudocryphaeus Moroccan Trilobite

Name: Pseudocryphaeus minimus (Trilobites) Order Phacopida, Family Acastidae

Age: Middle Devonian

Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): 25 mm long by 14 mm wide , 40 mm high on a 20 by 18 mm matrix.

Location: Lghaft, Morocco

Code: MT217

Price: $85.00 - sold


Description: Elegant example of a member of the Order Phacopida, Family Acastidae with many fine details present. Notice the fine eye facets present on this specimen. The Asteropyginae recently have undergone revision. This one has been known previously as "Cryphina" . It has a distinctive rostrum present, as shown in the photos. The rich dark brown exoskeleton is well-contrasted to the beige matrix pylon.

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