Catalog / morphologyTatelt trilobites preserved in three dimensions
Volcanic-ash moulds expose undistorted appendages, the mouth region and digestive anatomy in Cambrian trilobites.
Represented range515–514 Ma
RegionsTatelt Formation, High Atlas, Morocco
CladesProtolenus · Gigoutella · Trilobita
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morphology · highMicrotomographic reconstructions of ash-entombed Tatelt Formation Protolenus and Gigoutella specimens directly preserve four post-antennal cephalic limb pairs, a labrum, mouth and digestive tissues; feeding mechanics and group-wide homologies remain comparative interpretations.
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