Unusual Russian Trilobite Illaenus dalmani

Name: Trilobite: Illaenus dalmani Russian trilobites

Age: Middle Ordovician, Asery Horizon

Size: mm (25.4mm=1 inch): 110 mm long by 55 mm wide on a 115 by 45 mm matrix.

Location: Wolchow River Region, St Petersburg, Russia

Code: RUT667

Price: $165.00 - Sold

Description: This is an example of the unusual trilobite Illaenus dalmani. This is one of the 50-odd members of the genus, and known for the high profile of the cephalon which is thought to have aided the trilobite in ploughing through the substrate in search of a meal. It is also one of the larger members of the genus, with this one representative of an above-average specimen.

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