Fossil:Ellipsocephalus Hoffi
Locality: Jince,Czech Republic
Historical Epoch: Cambrium (about 500 million years ago)
Dimension in mm: 145 x 94 x 30 mm
Weight: about 509 gram

Description/Notes:

Ellipsocephalus hoffi was a blind species of trilobite. It likely lived in deep, poorly lit, aphotic environments.is one of the few species of trilobites in the world that can form a fossil of several individuals on one stone. Such fossils are referred to by collectors as "gatherings" and are undoubtedly among the most beautiful fossils that can be found in the Czech massif. Specimens with more than three individuals are less common and fossils of more than ten individuals together are a real rarity, especially when the trilobites reach their full adult size of around 2 cm.

Currently, most of the deposits are completely inaccessible and finds of these trilobites in the vicinity of Jince can hardly be made.

kingdom: Animalia - animals
phylum: Arthropoda - arthropods
class: Trilobita - trilobites
order: Ptychopariida
family: Ellipsocephalidae

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