Trilobite

Lower Cambrian Montenegro Member of the Campito Formation

Esmeralda County, Nevada

A mostly complete trilobite from the lower Cambrian Montenegro Member of the Campito Formation, Esmeralda County, Nevada. Called scientifically, Eofallotaspis sp. In actual size, specimen is about an inch long. This is the oldest relatively complete trilobite specimen one could reasonably expect to encounter in the geologic record. Photograph courtesy Mike Fitzpatrick.

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