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Rare Plate of Three Mississippian Trilobites
OTHER US STATES
Stock Number TTUSX30

Name:   Comptonaspis and Breviphillipsia
Age:  Mississippian
Formation:  Chouteau
Location:  Saline County, Missouri
Size:  Comptonaspis is 0.85 inches long
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This is a very unusual plate of Mississippian trilobites. It is a multiple slab of two different types of trilobites from the Chouteau Formation of Missouri. The large trilobite in the center is a Comptonaspis swallowi. This type is rare in the Chouteau. This specimen differs from the more common Breviphillipsia in that it has a smooth exoskeleton. On its tail, is an enrolled example of Breviphillipsia sampsoni. This bug has the more pustulose exoskeleton found on a Brevi. To the left of these bugs is a molted shell of another Comptonaspis! This specimen was found by Doug DeRosear in 1992, and is a rare example of two different types of Carboniferous trilobites.