Metopolichas platyrhinus


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Lichida
Suborder
Linchina
Superfamily
Lichoidea
Family
Lichidae
Subfamily
Lichinae
Binomial Name
Metopolichas platyrhinus
Formation
Huk Formation
Locale
Oslo Region, Norway
Age
Middle Ordovician
Notes

This is a super rare trilobite. Only two have been found from Norway in the last 50 years. Several more have been found in the St. Petersburg region of Russia.

This species has an unusual spatula like rostrum.


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