Dalmanitina proeva
Trilobites Order Phacopida, Family Dalmanitidae
Geological Time: Lower Ordovician
Size: Trilobite is 149 mm by 90 mm on a 200 mm by 135 mm matrix
Fossil Site: Ktoua Formation, El Kaid Errami, Morocco
 Description:
This is a fine example of an Ordovician dalmanitid trilobite known
as Dalmanitina proeva. It is a large example with incredible details.
Note the presence of eye facets, something often not preserved.
When I showed this one to a noted expert collector he termed it
the best example of the taxon to have come from Morocco. There
is a
small
crinoid attached at the lower left plural lobe. It was deemed prudent
to not prepare it away in order not to risk damage to this fine
specimen. |
