Supremely Rare Norwoodia bellaspina Cambrian Trilobite

Norwoodia bellaspina

Trilobite Order Ptychopariida, Family Norwoodidae

Geological Time: Upper Middle Cambrian

Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): Trilobite 18 mm long by 11 mm wide (including spines) on a 67 mm by 45 mm matrix

Fossil Site: House Range Weeks Formation, Millard County, Utah

Fossil Code: UB247

Price: $1295.00 - sold


Norwoodia bellaspina Cambrian TrilobiteDescription: This trilobite is a highly-prized specimen whose genus name fittingly means beautiful spine. It also has many similarities to another rare trilobite, “Gerospina schachti “, but that may be more a result of convergence than anything else. Whatever its affinities, it is a most rare trilobite, seen here in near pristine condition with NO RESTORATION. It is large for the taxon, and would be a centerpiece inany trilobite collection.

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