Trilobites
Order Corynexochida Suborder Illaenina, Superfamily Illaenoidea,
Family Styginidae
Geologic Age: Middle Devonian
Trilobites is 73 mm long
Laatchana, Alnif , Morocco
Comment: Paralejurus hamlagdadicus is differentated from the trilobite
called Paralejurus
Type B by its shorter genal spines and more rounded cephalon. The streamlined
shape of this trilobite is conjectured to have been an adapted form enabling
it to burrow along the seafloor in search of food. Note in second image
that the hypostome anchor for the mouthparts is present, a rare occurence.
Also see:
Moroccan Trilobites
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