Oryctocephalus walcotti


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Corynexochida
Suborder
Corynexochina
Superfamily
Corynexochoidea
Family
Oryctocephalidae
Binomial Name
Oryctocephalus walcotti
Formation
Spence Shale
Locale
Box Elder County, Utah
Age
Middle Cambrian
Notes
This bears a superficial resemblance to Ceraurus, but lacks the slanted indentations on the thoracic segments that are characteristic of that genus and belongs to a completely different order, the Corynexochida rather than the Phacopida. This is a small trilobite, with these small bugs you can see more with a photograph than you can looking at it in real life.

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Oryctocephalus walcotti


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