Trilobites
Order Redlichiida, Suborder Redlichiina, Superfamily Paradoxidoidea,
Family Paradoxididae
Geologic Age: Early Cambrian
Trilobite is 240 mm long
Hamar Tassmamte, Zagora, Morocco
Remarks: The members of trilobites Suborder Redlichiina are among
of the oldest trilobites in the fossil record, disappearing in the Middle
Cambrian, and were the likely progenitors of the Order
Ptychopariida Trilobites. Note the Crescent-Shaped Holochroal
Eyes.
Also see:
Moroccan Trilobites Trilobite
Systematics Trilobite Eyes
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