Ditomopyge zhirnovskiensis (Mychko, 2017) - formerly Paladin transilis (Weber, 1933).
Beautifully preserved complete 3d enrolled Proetid perched on a small pedestal of white limestone. Lovely preservation and detail. Both compound eyes present. There is a cephalon of a second individual on the matrix. These beautiful Russian trilobites are now increasingly difficult to obtain
Carboniferous.
Zhirnovsk, Volgograd, Gebiet, Russia..
Trilobite : 1 cm across width of the cephalon
