Pseudocybele lemurei Trilobite from Utah

Pseudocybele lemurei

Trilobite Order Phacopida, Family Pliomeridae

Geological Time: Ordovician

Size: 11 mm long

Fossil Site: Fillmore Formation, Millard County, Utah

Pseudocybele lemurei TrilobiteDescription: Here is a superbly-preserved Ordovician Phacopid trilobite from Utah known as Psudocybele lemurei. The state is far better known for its panoply of Cambrian trilobites, with those from the Ordovician far less common. It is completely articulated and quite 3-D in appearance.

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