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Help with cambrian Trilobite ID


olorotitan

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Hi there, I have an old trilobite that I bought 20 years ago as a pre-teen that I have now completely forgotten all details of.  I remember it was from a US locality, definitely a cambrian age trilobite.  It's pretty small, measuring about 7 - 8 mm.

 

Looking at it now I think it's a Zacanothoides or Olenellus but I cant be sure.  It has a long genal spine and what looks to be an impression of another spine at the tip of its pygidium.

 

As a bonus, if anyone recognizes the locality from the look of the matrix that would be awesome.  I was thinking Pioche Formation in Nevada but could be wrong.

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Looks like Pioche Shale of Nevada.

 

 

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Zacanthoides has a long thoracic spine.  The pygidium is absent on the posted specimen.  Attached is another similar example. 

 

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figure from:

 

Gon, S.M. 2009

A Pictorial Guide to the Orders of Trilobites.

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