Trilobite Identification

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Trilobite Identification

Bericht door gdadeppo » 14 nov 2018, 01:42

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Hello,

I've found this beautiful trilobite .
The found-location is Resteigne (BE). Can anyone help with a identification?

Greetings, Gerard


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Re: Trilobite Identification

Bericht door fifbrindacier » 15 nov 2018, 19:46

Can you tell us what age it is ?



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Re: Re: Trilobite Identification

Bericht door FossilDude » 15 nov 2018, 19:55

fifbrindacier schreef:
Can you tell us what age it is ?
Resteigne is Eifelian (Middle Devonian) in age.

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Re: Trilobite Identification

Bericht door Lugo » 15 nov 2018, 21:47

With only part of the pygidium visible, it is difficult to identify this trilobite.
But very likely this fragment belongs to a specimen of the genus Gerastos.

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