Large Modocia brevispina Trilobite

Modocia brevispina

Trilobite Order Ptychopariida, Family Marjumiidae

Geological Time: Middle Cambrian (~520 million years ago)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 41 mm long and 24 mm wide on a 110 mm by 40 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Wheeler Shale, Millard County, Utah

Code: ND020

Price: $95.00

Modocia brevispina TrilobiteDescription: Coming from the Cambrian Pierson Cove Formation deposits of Millard County, Utah, this is a large example of a trilobite of the genus Modocia. The species derives its name from the abbreviated genal spines, readily seen here, as opposed to those seen on Modocia typicalis.

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