S423 - Rare Agatized Fossil Cycadophyte Seed Cone - Late Eocene from Occidental Sahara - (signs of insect predation) UK Trilobites Proetus fardenensis

Proetus fardenensis

Ref: 13022

which is preserved in full

The discovery of the Fezouata biota in the latest Tremadocian of southeastern Morocco has significantly changed our understanding of the early Phanerozoic radiation

Andrews in 1920 based on fossils from the Ameki Formation in Nigeria

S423 - Rare Agatized Fossil Cycadophyte Seed Cone - Late Eocene from Occidental Sahara - (signs of insect predation) UK Trilobites Proetus fardenensisThese seed cones found in the Western Sahara (Moroccan territory) are a bit of a mystery and have not yet been described. They are often labeled is "pine cones" and there has also been speculation that they might be aggregate fruits or horsetail seed pods. But, most likely these silica replaced (agatized silicified) fossils are the seed pods of Cycadophytes. These fossil cones often bear the signs of insect predation, being partially eaten. Unusual