20062 - Top Quality 1.62 Inch Platyscutellum sp Lower Devonian Trilobite Mineral Awaiting this revision

Awaiting this revision

Bavarillidae

V -shaped anteriorly and U-shaped posteriorly

any possibility of finding articulated rests is very rare

It preserves at least 7 teeth in its original position

20062 - Top Quality 1.62 Inch Platyscutellum sp Lower Devonian Trilobite Mineral Awaiting this revisionNice specimen of this lower Devonian trilobite species. The matrix has some fractures that have been glued together. It has been carefully prepared during a long laboratory process. Platyscutellum, Snajdr 1958 (trilobite) Trilobita Corynexochida Styginidae Parent taxon: Styginidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002 See also Sepkoski 2002 Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore Environments: marine, carbonate, open shallow subtidal, reef, buildup or