Diminutive Nankinolithus Ordovician Trilobite

Part and Counterpart

Nankinolithis sp

Trilobite Order Asaphida, Family Trinucleidae

Geological Time: Ordovician

Size: (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 7 mm long by 10 mm wide on a 70 mm by 80 mm and 70 mm by 45 mm matrix pair

Fossil Site: Jebel Ougnat, Morocco

Code: 15028

Price: $150


Nankinolithus TrilobiteDescription: Well-preserved example of a member of the Order Asaphida, Family Trinucleidae, this is Nankinolithus. The cephalic pits (fenestrae) are also evident, the means by which this trilobite filtered detritus from the seafloor. The trilobite presumably hovered at the seafloor, using its legs to kick up particulates which then passed through the cephalic ring. Overall, a fine example of the taxon, rarely offered with this degree of preservation, which is quite 3-D. I have seen very few over the past 15 years, and none as small as this example. The posiotive is the one to the left, on the larger piece of matrix.

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Nankinolithis

Diminutive Nankinolithus Ordovician Trilobite


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