Unusual Ordovician Phacopid Trilobite

Cf Baniaspis sp

Trilobites Order Phacopida, Family Acastidae

Geological Time: Upper Ordovician

Size: Trilobite is 43 mm (with tailspine) by 20 mm on an 80 mm by 85 mm

Fossil Site: Tazarine, Morocco

Code: 15047

Price: Sold

Description: This trilobite represented a ceratin amount of detective work. There are several Ordovician trilobites with tailspines, but most are dalmanitids. This one is a member of the family Ascastidae. There are three known genera, Baniaspis, Phacopidina, and Sokhretia. Of those this most resembles Baniaspis, so for now we will use CF Baniaspis.

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