Coloful Eremiproetus Proetida Trilobite

Description: Unusual example of a member of the Order Proetida, Family Tropidocoryphidae with many fine details present. It comes from a new deposit in a location known as Hmar Lakhdad in Morocco. Hmar lakhdad means “red cheeks” in Arabic, an allusion to the rich wine red color preserved in the specimens from this location, a consequence of high levels of iron in the silicified exoskeleton. This one is of a more subdued rose color, but nonetheless striking. It is a diminutive member of the genus Eremiproetus, and as such is rarely seen.