.64" Cyclopyge - An Unusual Pelagic Trilobite

This is a very unusual trilobite, which is rare to find complete, Cyclopyge. What makes Cyclopyge so unusual is that it's a pelagic (or free swimming) trilobite which lived in the water column, rather than on the sea floor. This is also one of the reasons it's so rarely preserved as a fossil.

It's has gigantic eyes on the side (not the top) of it's head which would have provided it with a great view looking to the sides and downwards. Most trilobites that lived on the sea floor did not have a need to look downwards.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Cyclopyge sp.
LOCATION
Kaid Rami, Mssisi Area, Morocco
SIZE
.64" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#40145
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