1.35" Inflated Declivolithus Trilobite - Mecissi, Morocco

This is a inflated specimen of the Trinucleid trilobite Declivolithus from Morocco. There is a second partial specimen next to it.

This trilobite has really dramatic cephalic pits along it's "head shield". It's unknown the exact purpose of these pits, they could have had sensory purposes or aided in filter feeding.

An Upper Ordovician (Katian) Trilobite Fauna From the Lower Ktaoua Formation, Morocco
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Declivolithus (Nankinolithus) titan
LOCATION
Mecissi, Morocco
FORMATION
Lower Ktaoua Formation
SIZE
1.35" wide on 4x1.8" rock
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#141887
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