This is a rare specimen of the trilobite Comptonaspis swallowi from the Carboniferous of Missouri. The piece also contains a pygidium of Breviphillipsia sampsoni. The Comptonaspis measures approximately 15 mm in length. | |||
Location: | Saline County, Missouri , USA | ||
| Size Matrix: | about 50 x 36 mm | ||
| Age: | Carboniferous, Mississippian, Chouteau Fm. (ca. 354 Mill. Years) | ||