Name: Asaphus cornutus
Trilobites, Order Asaphida, Superfamily Asaphoidea, Family Asaphidae
Geologic Time : Ordovician
Size: 137 mm
Fossil Site: Asery level, St. Petersburg region, Wolchow river, Russia
 This
fossil exemplifies the expression of the trilobite genome at its finest.
A huge and magnificent Asaphus cornutus from the Ordovician strata
near Saint Pertersburg, Russia. At or near species size limit and
with extraordinary exoskeleton preservation. The matirx meaures 355
by 215 mm. The Asaphus is in assciation with a 38 mm-diameter cystoid.
This taxon derives its species name cornutus from the Latin for horned,
referring to the eyestalks. |
