Scare Utaspis Marjumensis - Marjum Formation, Utah

This is an middle Cambrian trilobite from the Marjum Formation, Utaspis marjumensis. While molts are not difficult to find maybe only 1-2% of them have cheeks and many of these are poorly preserved. You can dig for days without finding a good complete specimen.

This one is 1.56 inches long which about average size for the species and has nice tight cheeks. It does have about 10% shell restoration on it's body where the there was damage due to weathering. The last photo shows the areas where I restored the damaged shell. This is the reason for the price being significantly lower than you might expect for a species this hard to find complete with cheeks.

This one was personally collected and prepared from a private lease in the House Range.