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Paradoxides

PARADOXIDES This trilobite was larger than any other Cambrian genus - the largest known indiviuals may have approached 39 in/1 m in length. It has a broad head, a small tail, and a long thorax that tapers gradually, and to which numerous segments were added as it grew. The eyes are well developed, the frontal lobe of the glagella inflated, and the tips of the lateral cheeks extended into long spines.
Habitat: This trilobite lived in shelf muds.

© 1992 Cyril Walker, David Ward .