Trilobites
Order Phacopida Suborder Phacopina, Superfamily Acastoidea,
Family Acastidae
Geologic Age: Middle Devonian
Trilobite is 50 mm long
Ziguilma, Morocco
Remarks: This trilobite was once colloquially called Short Fork Trident
Comura. Talk about defence, this trilobite more than four dozen
spines,
making it quite a mouthfull for some would be predator. This specimen
has particularly fine Schizochroal
Eyes, a characteristic only of Suborder Phacopina in Order Phacopida.
Also see: Moroccan Trilobites
