Trilobites
Order Asaphida Suborder Asaphina, Superfamily Trinucleioidea,
Family Trinucleidae
Geologic Age: Ordovician
Trilobite is 34 mm long
El Kaid Errami, Morocco
Remarks: This Nankinolithis trilobite fossil is nicely preserved
in a reddish-orange typical of Ordovician trilobites from Tinjdad and
other Moroccan trilobite sites. The cephalic pits are called fenestrae
were ostensibly used trilobite to filter detritus food from the ocean
floor.
Also see: Moroccan
Trilobites
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