|  Description:
This is an extremely rare trilobite of the Order Lichida, affectionately
referred to as “Bug X” by its discoverer, the master
preparator Bob Carroll of Clarita, Oklahoma. It has reecently been
determined by Dr Bruce Lieberman, Associate Professor of Geology
of the University of Kansas to be Acathopyge consanguinea, a taxon
originally described from a partial speciemen found in New York.
It has affinities with the Moroccan genus Lobopyge (see my Moroccan
trilobites for an example). In the 18 years he has operated a quarry
located on what is called Black Cat Mountain, Bob has only found
some 30 examples of this rare trilobite. Bob numbers each one; this
one is Number 29 from the quarry, and comes from the south section
(see the photo of the reverse). Bob is well-known throughout the
collecting community for the exceptional quality of his work.
Also
see: Oklahoma Trilobites
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