DRAMATIC Paralejurus Moroccan Trilobite

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


Paralejurus Moroccan TrilobiteDescription: 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.

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Paralejurus dormitzieri


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