Name: Pseudasaphus
tecticaudatus (Russian Trilobites)
Class
Trilobita; Trilobite Order
Asaphida; Family Asaphidae
Geological
Time: Middle Ordovician
Size: 51
mm long by 32 mm wide on an 105 by 75 mm matrix
Fossil
Site: Wolchow River Region, Asery Horizon, St Petersburg, Russia
This
is a a well inflated example of a scarce Asaphid named Psedasaphus
tecticaudatus. The golden Calcite expskeleton is complemented by
the white limestone matrix, with the trilobite shown in a slightly
reflexed position. Some researchers believe this is actually a specicies
of Leningradites. It certainly resembles that taxon quite closely,
especially in the elongated, swept-back genal spines.
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