Immense Ogygiocarella Trilobite

Putative first scientifically described trilobite in 1698 as a flat fish

Orgygiocarella debuchi

Trilobites Order Asaphida, Family Asaphidae

Geological Time: Ordovician, Llandeilian Stage

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 75 mm long by 54 mm wide on a 150 mm by 205 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Builth Wells, Wales, United Kingdom

Code: SRC05

Price: Sold

Orgygiocarella debuchiDescription: Well-preserved example of a member of the Order Asaphida, Family Asaphidae, known as Ogygiocarella. First described as a “flatfish” in Egland in 1698, this one was finally recognized as a new type of animal known as a trilobite some 70 years later. The fossil is the largest example I have ever been able to offer. Given most specimens are on the order of 25 mm long, this one is TRIPLE that and more than twice as wide as the average one is long.

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Orgygiocarella Asaphid
Orgygiocarella

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