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Enrolled Kainops Trilobite - Black Cat Mountain, Oklahoma
This is an enrolled specimen of Kainops raymondi from the Haragan Formation of Oklahoma. It was carefully prepared under a microscope using air-abrasive techniques to reveal the fine details of the exoskeleton.
Kainops can sometimes be confused with the similar trilobite Paciphacops, which occurs in the same layers. One of the easiest ways to distinguish the two is by examining the eyes. Kainops possesses substantially more individual eye facets than Paciphacops, making the eyes an important diagnostic feature for identifying the genus.
Kainops can sometimes be confused with the similar trilobite Paciphacops, which occurs in the same layers. One of the easiest ways to distinguish the two is by examining the eyes. Kainops possesses substantially more individual eye facets than Paciphacops, making the eyes an important diagnostic feature for identifying the genus.
The Black Cat Mountain Quarry produces a limited number of arguably the most beautiful trilobites in the United States each year. Each specimen is meticulously prepared by quarry owner Bob Carroll under microscope to expose the smallest details. This is a very time consuming process, taking many hours, but yields spectacular results.
About Trilobites
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.
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.
$59
SPECIES
Kainops raymondi
AGE
LOCATION
Black Cat Mountain, Clarita, Oklahoma
FORMATION
Haragan Formation
SIZE
.63" wide, about 1.2" (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#376951
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