Paralejurus dormitzieri
Trilobites Order Corynexochida, Family Thysanopeltidae
Geological Time: Devonian
Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 60 mm long (curve measure) by 25 mm wide on a 55 mm by 70 mm matrix
Fossil Site: Laatchana, Alnif , Morocco
Code: MT375
Price: $325.00 - sold
 Description:
Fine example of a member of the Order Corynexochida, Family Thysanopeltidae
known as Paralejurus dormitzieri with many fine details present.
The txon is distinguished from that termed “Paralejurus Tyupe
B” in having shortened genals and a rounded cephalon. Preservation
is excellent; even some of the fine eye facets are present. The
streamlined shape of this trilobite is thought to have aided it
in burrowing through the seafloor in search of a meal. This one
has been painstakingly prepared with all the pleural spines freed
from matrix with the pygidial doublure exposed. It appears to be
diving to the seafloor in a most dramatic pose. |
