Ampyx priscus


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Asaphida
Suborder
Asaphina
Superfamily
Trinucleoidea
Family
Raphiophoridae
Binomial Name
Ampyx priscus
Formation
Tanssikhte Deposits
Locale
Zagoria, Morocco
Age
Ordovician
Notes
Trilobites in the Raphiophoridae are blind, with no eyes, and have short bodies with long genal spines and a long forward spine protruding from the glabella. They don't look like any other type of trilobite.

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