Trilobites
Order Redlichiida, Suborder Olenellina, Superfamily
Fallotaspidoidea, Family Archaeaspididae
Geologic Age: Lower Cambrian
Mule Spring Limestone Formation, Inyo-White Mountains,
California
Remarks: Described by Lieberman (2002),
its genus was formerly asssigned to Fallotaspis Judomia. Note the huge
crescent-shaped Holochroal
Eyes. This is a truly rare and truly primitive trilobite from the
lower Cambrian of the Inyo-White Mountains in California. Superfamily
Fallotaspidoidea contains some of the earliest trilobites.
Also see:
American Trilobites Trilobite Eyes
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