1.15" Leonaspis prescheri Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco

This is an bargain, 1.15" long specimen of the newly described Leonaspis prescheri from the Lhandar Formation of Morocco. This specimen was collected near Lghaft, and has a distinctive, thick occipital spine. There is some shell restoration, particularly on the tail of the trilobite.

The species was just described in the last year, being named after the late Harald Prescher, a renown trilobite preparator, collector and researcher. A link to the paper is below.

A link to the recently published paper is below.

http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=4793&file=1&pid=4780