| Norwoodia
bellaspina
Trilobite
Order Ptychopariida, Family Norwoodidae
Geological
Time: Upper Middle Cambrian
Size (25.4
mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 17 mm long by 9 mm wide (including spines)
on a 60 mm by 48 mm matrix
Fossil Site:
Weeks Formation, House Range, Millard County, Utah
Fossil Code:
UB266
Price: Sold
|  Description:
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 fine
condition with a small amount of restoration to the axial spine
and leading edge of the cephalon.
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