Schizostylus brevicaudatus


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Phacopida
Suborder
Phacopina
Superfamily
Acastoidea
Family
Calmoniidae
Binomial Name
Schizostylus brevicaudatus
Formation
Belen Formation
Locale
Calamarca (La Paz) Bolivian Altiplano
Age
Middle Devonian (Eifelian stage)
Notes

This trilobite was found in a concretion and is the same size as the rock it's on.

Like all members of the Calmoniidae this is schizochroal eyes. On this bug the lenses are large compared to the eye. Each column has only two lenses and I see only four columns of lenses.


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Schizostylus brevicaudatus


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Schizostylus brevicaudatus left side


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