Symphysops stevaninae


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Asaphida
Suborder
Asaphina
Superfamily
Cyclopygoidea
Family
Cyclopygidae
Binomial Name
Symphysops stevaninae
Locale
El Kaid Rami–Tinjdad area, Morocco
Age
Late Ordovician (Katian)
Notes
This little trilobite has a huge head with enormous eyes. You can see that the eyes nearly meet at the front of the head, and I believe that further down the head they did meet. This was a pelagic trilobite able to see predators coming from any direction.

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Symphysops stevaninae


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