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.37" Fossil Ptyocephalus Trilobite - Fillmore Formation, Utah
Here is a new offering from a lease we just recently acquired in Utah. While Cambrian trilobites are well known from Utah, several formations also contain a very diverse fauna of Ordovician trilobites, they are just rarely collected.
This is a .37" long example of Ptyocephalus yersini from the Fillmore Formation of Utah. It is nicely laid out and in pristine condition.
This is a .37" long example of Ptyocephalus yersini from the Fillmore Formation of Utah. It is nicely laid out and in pristine condition.
Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet: over 25,000 species have been described, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to their hard exoskeletons (shells), they left an excellent fossil record.
SPECIES
Ptyocephalus yersini
AGE
LOCATION
FossilEra Lease, Southern House Range, Utah
FORMATION
Fillmore Formation
SIZE
Trilobite: .37" long, Shale: 2 x 1.6"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#286558
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