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Two Paciphacops Trilobites - Black Cat Mountain, Oklahoma
This is a pair of partially enrolled Paciphacops campbelli from the famous Black Cat Mountain quarry near Clarita, Oklahoma.
It has amazing surface detail including the many eye facets preserved in each eye. It was prepared under microscope using air abrasives.
There is a second very similar species found in the same layers called Kainops. The most easily identifiable, distinguishing feature is the number of eye facets. Kainops has substantially more eye facets than Paciphacops does. Paciphacops seams to be the scarcer of these two phacopids, but that might depend on the specific layer being collected.
It has amazing surface detail including the many eye facets preserved in each eye. It was prepared under microscope using air abrasives.
There is a second very similar species found in the same layers called Kainops. The most easily identifiable, distinguishing feature is the number of eye facets. Kainops has substantially more eye facets than Paciphacops does. Paciphacops seams to be the scarcer of these two phacopids, but that might depend on the specific layer being collected.
About Trilobites
Trilobites are an extinct class of marine arthropods that thrived for nearly 270 million years, from the early Cambrian to the end of the Permian period (around 521 to 252 million years ago). They are one of the most successful and diverse groups in the history of life, with over 25,000 described species spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and ecological niches. Known for their distinctive, segmented exoskeletons, trilobites provide invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods and the dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems.
Trilobites are an extinct class of marine arthropods that thrived for nearly 270 million years, from the early Cambrian to the end of the Permian period (around 521 to 252 million years ago). They are one of the most successful and diverse groups in the history of life, with over 25,000 described species spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and ecological niches. Known for their distinctive, segmented exoskeletons, trilobites provide invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods and the dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems.
SPECIES
Paciphacops campbelli
AGE
LOCATION
Black Cat Mountain, Clarita, Oklahoma
FORMATION
Haragan Formation
SIZE
Larger 1.2" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#168854
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