Rare Encrinuroides Trilobite from Ordovician Oklahoma

Encrinuroides capitonis

Trilobites Order Asaphida, Family Encrinuridae

Geological Time: Middle Ordovician, Blackriverian Stage

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): 15 mm long (if straight) by 11 mm wide

Fossil Site: Pooleville Member, Bromide Formation, Coal County, Oklahoma

Code: RS108

Price: $110.00 - sold


Encrinuroides capitonis trilobiteComing from the Middle Ordovician deposits of Oklahoma, this is a most uncommon Phacopid (Order Phacopida, Family Encrinuridae) known as Encrinuroides capitonis. It is completely free of matrix, seen in an enrolled defensive position. Missing only the eyestalks, it is a fine example of this rarely-seen taxon, offered here at an affordable price. It comes in a small foam-lined box for ease in shipping.

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