07537 - Top Quality 1.72 Inch Platyscutellum sp Lower Devonian Trilobite Dyrosaurus phosphaticus The enormous neural spines of
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Description
The enormous neural spines of his vertebrae in this sector indicate the enormous and robust back he had
The base and the tip could belong to different teeth
It is the rostral bone of the giant sawfish Onchopristis numidus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
They have been cleaned and prepared to match it from its natural carbonaceous matrix
07537 - Top Quality 1.72 Inch Platyscutellum sp Lower Devonian Trilobite Dyrosaurus phosphaticus The enormous neural spines ofNice specimen of this lower Devonian trilobite species. The matrix has some fractures that have been glued together. It has been carefully prepared during a long laboratory process. Platyscutellum, Snajdr 1958 (trilobite) Trilobita Corynexochida Styginidae Parent taxon: Styginidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002 See also Sepkoski 2002 Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore Environments: marine, carbonate, open shallow subtidal, reef, buildup or