Cryptolithus tessellatus


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Asaphida
Suborder
Asaphina
Superfamily
Trinucleoidea
Family
Trinucleidae
Binomial Name
Cryptolithus tessellatus
Formation
Trenton Group Limestone
Locale
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Age
Late Ordovician
Notes
Cryptolithus is a fairly common North American Ordovician genus, but most specimens are poorly preserved in shale. This trilobite is very 3D and beautifully preserved in limestone.

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Cryptolithus tessellatus


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