Detailed Bathyurus Trilobite from Canada

Bathyurus extans

Trilobites Order Proetida, Family Bathyuidae

Geological Time: Middle Cambrian

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 10 mm long by 8 mm wide on a 105 mm by 60 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Black River Group, Gull River Formation, Ontario, Canada

Code: CDT02

Price: $40.00 - sold

Description: A fine example of a member of the Order Proetida, Family Bathyuidae, this is Bathyurus extans. This trilobite is a member of the last surviving order of trilobites, the Proetida. It has the characteristic swept-back genals, one of which is partially obscured. This is nevertheless an affordable negative example of the taxon.

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