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ENCRINURUS

ENCRINURUS Especially large tubercles ornament the head shield. The eyes are often stalked, and there are short genal spines. The relatively long tail shield has many more segments in the axis than on the pleural lobes. Habitat: This trilobite lived in shallow seas in the Silurian. Remark: Encrinurus is known as the "strawberry-headed trilobite" because of its distinctive tubercular head shield. © 1992 Cyril Walker, David Ward .