Leonaspis (or Kettneraspis) sp.
Trilobites Order Lichida, Family Odontopleuridae
Geologic Time: Middle Devonian
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): trilobite is 30 mm long by 27 mm wide on a 60 mm by 85 mm matrix
Fossil Site: Hamar Laghdad Formation, Mount Issoumour, Alnif , Morocco
Code: 06034
Price: $115.00 - sold
 Description:
While some prefer Kettnersapis over Leonaspis based upon the pygidial
spines, I think the jury is out at present. Whatever the genus, it
is definitely a highly desirable species that has curried great favor
among the collectors of the world for some time. It is quite similar
in morphology to the examples of Kettneraspis wiliamsi from the contemporaneous
deposits of Oklahoma (see my offerings for some spectacular ones prepared
by the best in the business: Bob Carroll). Since the two locations
were far closer in the Devonian, that is not an unexpected result.
Indeed, the are several other trilobites with parallels in Oklahoma. |
