Paradoxides
Fossil
About it
Large, spiny Middle Cambrian trilobite with many body segments, long curved spines off the head, and a tiny tail. Found in Morocco, the Czech Republic, Newfoundland, and Massachusetts; Moroccan ones are often restored or faked.
- Type
- Fossil (arthropod)
- Group
- Trilobite (arthropod)
- Colours
- grey, tan, brown, black
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Cambrian
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.