Ditomopyge
olsoni
Trilobite
Order Proetida, Superfamily Proetoidea, Family Proetidae
Geological
Time: Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous)
Size (25.4mm=1
inch): each trilobite is 14 mm
Fossil Site:
Staunton Formationm, Coal Run, Indiana
Description:
Trilobites from the Pennsylvanian are generally rare, trilobites
from this locality are specifically rare, and Ditomopyge olsoni
is rare among those. This is a very attractive association of two
that are fully inflated and three dimensional. Unfortunately, the
site were these were found is no longer accessible for collecting.
Trilobite
Order Proetida comprised the last surviving trilobites, finally
meeting extinction themselves at the end of the Permain Period.
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