Crotalocephalus Phacopid Trilobite

Crotalocephalus Phacopid TrilobiteCrotalocephalus sp

Trilobites Order Phacopida, Family Family Cheiruridae

Geologic Time: Middle Devonian

Size: 60 mm in length

Fossil Site: Oufaten, Alnif, Morocco

The most diagnostic features of this taxon are the sharp pleural and pygidial spines and the distinctive cephalic projections. The spines may have aided it in staying at the surface of the soft seafloor.

RGP120902

Trilobites Family Album