Softbodied Arthropod – Synziphosurine

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Description

Early Ordovician (Arenigian)
Upper Fezouata Formation
Zagora, Draa Valley, Morocco

Very rare and unusual 24mm side view with appendages visible on 68mm slab.

A synziphosurine is a member of a suborder of arthropods, Synziphosurina, that was ancestral to the Order Xiphosura, which includes the extinct and modern horseshoe crabs.

Video is a 3D scan of a related Silurian specimen

See: Wikipedia – Synziphosurina

Additional information

Weight 60 g