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Leptaglaspis schmidti Van Roy, 2006

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This is an inexpensive specimen of an aglaspid of the species Leptaglaspis schmidti from the Fezouata Shale of Morocco. The Leptaglaspis itself measures about 56 mm in length. Agalaspids are a extinct sister group of the Trilobites. The closest today living related animal group are horse shoe craps, the Xiphosurida. Agalaspids are widely distributed but fossil finds are anyway rare.

	Location:	Ouled Slimane, Dra Region, South Marocco
	Size Matrix:	about 95 x 76 mm.
	Age:	Lower Ordovician, Arenig, Floian, Fezouata -shale (Ca. 485 Mill. Years)

Product no.: 11480