30567 - Well Preserved 0.38 Inch Maurotarion christyi Silurian Trilobite - Indiana USA Asaphiscus wheeleri Kollarcephalus

Kollarcephalus

• Cambrian of Morocco

Since the oil shales the fossils at Messel are filled with water they would disintegrate if allowed to dry out

It is formed by biological and physical processes

917’W - Centre-South

30567 - Well Preserved 0.38 Inch Maurotarion christyi Silurian Trilobite - Indiana USA Asaphiscus wheeleri KollarcephalusMaurotarion, Alberti 1969 (trilobite) Trilobita Aulacopleuridae PaleoDB taxon number: 21249 Parent taxon: Aulacopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002 See also Sepkoski 2002 Sister taxa: Aulacopleura, Aulacopleurinae, Coignouina, Cyphaspides, Dixiphopyge, Goodsiraspis, Namuropyge, Otarion, Otarioninae, Songkania Subtaxa: none Ecology: fast moving low level epifaunal deposit feeder Environments: marine (4 collections), open shallow