| Scientific Name: Neoasaphus kowalewskii | |
| Common Name: trilobite | |
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Age: Middle Ordovician.  |
| Locality: Russia. | |
| Donated by: Maxine Triff, 1994. | |
| Notes: Those unusual protrusions on the head are often mistaken for antenna. They're not. They're eyestalks. The trilobite's eyes were situationed on top of them. The specimen is about 6 cm (2.5 in) long. |
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