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Description:
Paleoscolex sp. is a priapulid-like worm.
Paleoscolex sp. is a rare worm from the Late Cambrian Fulu biota, Middle part of the Longha Formation, near Fulu Village, southeastern Yunnan, South China.
Palaeoscolecids are a group of extinct worms that resemble priapulids (A phylum of unsegmented marine worms). They are characterized by having a ring-like trunk ornamented with circular patterns of phosphatic plates with no spaces in between. They have a layered cuticle. and an armoured proboscis.
Vendor: fossil soup - ZZ
SKU Number: SQ5388284
Rhombampyx yii trilobite from the Middle Ordovician, Meitan Formation, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
The distinct oval/rhomboid dome where the anterior needle spine meets the head is the highly inflated glabella. It is slightly compressed but shows the distinctive bulbous shape unique to raphiophorids.
You can clearly see a thin, straight line pointing straight up from the top of the glabella. This is the base of the median snout spine.
The two elongated cheek spines can be seen on either side of the body. In life, these spines flared outward to stabilize the animal or deter predators, but post-mortem movement or burial compaction has curved it around the cephalon.
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