Malvinella buddae

Malvinella buddae

Malvinella buddae is a very rare trilobite which lived in La Paz, Bolivia during the Devonian period. It is similar to phacops. It is always enrolled, 2-3 centimeters long in this state. This trilobite has large compound eyes, short spines and long nodes on its thorax. Often mistaken for Eldredgeia venustus, a more common Bolivian trilobite.

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