Wendorfia plana


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Phacopida
Suborder
Calymenina
Superfamily
Calymenoidea
Family
Homalonotidae
Binomial Name
Wendorfia plana
(= Parahomalonotus plana )
Locale
Bou Lachral, Morocco
Age
Early Devonian (Emsian stage)
Notes
This is a good example of a Homalonotid trilobite. The carapace is highly domed, the trilobation is largely lost, and the eyes are small, all adaptions to a burrowing lifestyle.

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Wendorfia plana


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