Asaphus latus Wide-bodied Russian trilobite

Name: Asaphus latus (Russian Trilobites)

Age: Middle Ordovician Asery Horizon

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): 60 mm long by 39 mm wide on a 85 by110 mm matrix

Location: St. Petersburg region, Wolchow river, Russia

Code: RUT812

Price: $85.00 - sold

Asaphus latus Russian trilobiteDescription: A well-inflated example of an uncommon Asaphid, this is Asaphus latus, a name derived from its relatively broad thorax. The golden Calcite exoskeleton is complemented by the white limestone matrix. It has a lifelike pose, as if crawling across its nearly half billion year old seafloor matrix.

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