Nevada Lower Cambrian Asaphid Trilobite Lachnostoma latucelsum

Lachnostoma latucelsum

(Ross, 1951)

Trilobites Order Asaphida, Superfamily Asaphoidea, Family Asaphidae

Geologic Time: Middle Cambrian

Fossil Site: Nine Mile Shale, Nevada

Lachnostoma latucelsumThis is a beautiful specimen of a rare species. Note that effacement characteristic of the trilobites of Order Asaphida was already very apparent by the Middle Cambrian.

Also see: Trilobites of Nevada
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