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Scotoharpes Trilobite With Free-Standing Genals
Here is a fine example of the Harpetida trilobite Scotoharpes sp. from Morocco. It has a very dramatic "head shield" which is often interpreted as a mechanism to help it stay on top of a soft ocean floor. This preglabellar ring (head shield) is covered in many sensory pits which may have held hairlike features when the trilobite was alive.
This example has been prepared so that it's swept back genal spines are flying above the matrix. The only restoration is some very minor touchups of surface scratches left during preparation on the preglabellar ring.
This example has been prepared so that it's swept back genal spines are flying above the matrix. The only restoration is some very minor touchups of surface scratches left during preparation on the preglabellar ring.
SPECIES
Scotoharpes sp
AGE
LOCATION
Boudib, Morocco
FORMATION
El Otfal Formation
SIZE
1.8" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#7885
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