Proetus tuberculatus morocensis Moroccan Trilobite


Trilobites Order Proetida Family Proetidae
Geologic Age: Devonian
Trilobite is 25 mm long
Timrhanrhart Formation, Foum Ziguid , Morocco
Comment: The primary diagnostic feature of this taxon is tuberculose cephalon for which the species is named is named. It is differentiated from the other subspecies in having longer genal spines The Proetidae were among the last of the trilobites to go extinct in the Permian over 100 million years after this one lived.

Also see: Moroccan Trilobites

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proetus tuberculatus morocensis Moroccan Trilobite

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