Amecephalus packi

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Vendor: Gold Bugs

SKU Number: SQ7362121

Rare Amecephalus packi from the Middle Cambrian, Chisholm Shale of Nevada.

Trilobites from this unit are becoming increasingly rare, with rarer species such as this becoming almost non-existent in the collector world.

Full dimensions are listed below.

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Vendor: Gold Bugs

SKU Number: SQ7362121

Rare Amecephalus packi from the Middle Cambrian, Chisholm Shale of Nevada.

Trilobites from this unit are becoming increasingly rare, with rarer species such as this becoming almost non-existent in the collector world.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Vendor: Gold Bugs

SKU Number: SQ7362121

Rare Amecephalus packi from the Middle Cambrian, Chisholm Shale of Nevada.

Trilobites from this unit are becoming increasingly rare, with rarer species such as this becoming almost non-existent in the collector world.

Full dimensions are listed below.

Specimen Details
Species Name: Amecephalus packi Order / Family: Ptychopariida / Ptychopariidae Age: Middle Cambrian Locality: Lincoln County, Nevada, U.S.A. Formation: Chisholm Shale
Matrix Dimensions
Dimensions: In Centimeters Length: 6.50 cm Width: 6.20 cm Thickness: 1.00 cm Weight: 74 grams
Specimen Dimensions
Dimensions: In Centimeters Length: 1.26 cm Width: 0.95 cm Thickness: 0.0 cm Weight: 74 grams
Shipping Dimensions
Dimensions: In Inches Length: 10.0 inches Width: 7.0 inches Height: 3.0 inches Weight: Under 1.0 lbs
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Additional Information

Order: Ptychopariida, Family: Ptychopariidae

Characterized by eyes that are positioned along the glabella on the suture line. Molts of these trilobites are common and can usually be discerned by the lack of the free checks (librigena). Blade-like genal spines are often present on the tips of the librigena, as is the case with Achlysopsis.

These are some of the oldest and most primitive of trilobites. They thrived during the later half of the Cambrian period but did not survive the Ordovician - Silurian extinction event.
Trilobites in this order include:

Elrathia
Achlysopsis
Bolaspidella

The Pioche Shale is an Early to Middle Cambrian Burgess shale-type Lagerstätte in Nevada that preserves arthropods and worms similar to the Burgess Shale.

In the Eureka area, the Pioche has a variable lithologic character which is most commonly a greenish or grey, calcareous or micaceous shale which may locally be reddish or brown in color with abundant trilobite parts throughout the formation.

References:

Ptychopariida
Pioche Shale


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