Dechenella burmeisteri
Trilobites Order Proetida, Family Proetidae
Geological Time: Devonian
Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): 38 mm long by 25 mm wide on a 100 by 57 mm matrix
Fossil Site: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Djebel Issoumour, Alnif , Morocco
Code: 06030
Price: Sold
 Description:
A fine example of a member of the Order Proetida, Family Proetidae,
this is a rarely-offered example of the Order known as Dechenella
burmeisteri. It is thought that this one may have lain just at or
below the surface of the seafloor, with its broad cephalon serving
to keep it stable while searching for a meal in the Devonian seas.
The Proetidae were among the last of the trilobites to go extinct
in the Permian over 100 million years later. |
