Rare Diminutive Aulacopleura Moroccan Trilobite

Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) cf beyrichi

Trilobites Order Proetida, Family Proetidae

Geological Time: Middle Devonian, Middle Eifelian Stage(~385 million years ago)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 10 mm long by 9 mm wide (including spines) on a 70 by 45 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Boutschrafin, Morocco

Fossil Code: 12145

Price: $550.00

Rare Diminutive Aulacopleura Moroccan TrilobitDescription: A rarely-seen example of a member of the Order Proetida, Family Aulacopleuridae, this one is known as Aulacopleura beyrichi. It is the FIRST and ONLY example I have come across.. While the genus is typically applied to Silurian trilobites of Europe, this one has also been placed in the same genus despite the disparity in appearance. I know of only one other example from Morocco ever offered , and this one is far superior in terms of preservation.

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