22070 - Top Rare Detailed 2.21 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite scales †Acanthopyge
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
†Acanthopyge
the Russian Federation (1)
Multiple unidentified bone remains can be seen in the same matrix
The rock is porphyritic basalt (Le Maître et al
The rostrum most likely would have had electrosensors to detect food in the water below them like most modern sharks and some rays
22070 - Top Rare Detailed 2.21 Inch Reedops sp Lower Devonian Trilobite scales †AcanthopygeExtremely well preserved and prepared specimen. Nice eyes facets. Finest quality. Reedops sp, Richter and Richter 1925 (trilobite) Trilobita Phacopida Phacopidae Parent taxon: Phacopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002 See also Sepkoski 2002 Sister taxa: Acernaspis, Acuticryphops, Adastocephalum, Afrops, Altaesajania, Ananaspis, Babinops, Boeckops, Burtonops, Chotecops, Cordapeltis, Cryphops, Denckmannites, Dianops, Dienstina, Drotops,