Trilobites
Order Redlichiida, Suborder Olenellina, Superfamily Fallotaspidoidea,
Family Fallotaspididae
Geologic Age: Early Cambrian
Trilobite is 15 mm long
Hamar Tassmamte, Zagora, Morocco
Remarks: Fortey (2000)
labels the genus Fallotaspis as the oldest trilobites in the fossil
record.
As a result, the rather large
crescent holochroal
eyes seen here would be among the oldest of the sophisticated trilobite
eyes preserved in the fossil record. Also, being a member
Suborder Olenellina Fallotaspis did not have dorsal
sutures.
Also see: Moroccan
Trilobites
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