Name: Homotelus
florencevillensis (Trilobites)
Class
Trilobita; Order
Asaphida; Family Asaphidae; Subfamily Isotelinae
Geological
time: Upper Ordovician
Size: 75
mm long by 47 mm wide on a 128 mm by 100 mm matrix
Fossil Site:
Clayton County, Iowa
Homotelus
florencevillensis is an Asaphid trilobite (Order: Asaphida; Family:
Asaphidae Subfamily: Isotelinae) coming from the Ordovician Maquoketa
Formation dolomitic shale strata of Clayton County, Iowa. This is
a prone example of the type; most are found either incomplete or
enrolled, making this a most uncommon example. It has affinities
with both Isotelus and Anataphrus.
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