#asaphus

The Ordovician!

485 to 443 million years ago.

Isotelus - Asaphus - Flexicalymene

Selenopeltis - Dalmanites - Cheirurus

Rugose Coral - Crinoid - Conulariid

Lunataspis - Offacolus - Aegirocassis

Orthoceras - Conodont

Astraspis - Sacabambaspis

Asaphus buchii trilobite life restoration from Paris avant les hommes [Paris Before Man] written and illustrated by Pierre Boitard

Published posthumously as a novel with updated illustrations in 1861, first published in Musée des Familles – Lectures du Soir, 1836-1837

Trilobites!!

These arthropods exploded onto the scene in the Cambrian and diversified their lil pygidiums off (that’s what their hind end is called lol)

13 in total at the moment. Are there any of our dear departed paleozoic friends you'd like to see? The (S/W) links to each of their stickers and wallpapers! Elrathia kingii (S/W) - Paradoxides (S/W) - Asaphus (S/W) Isotelus (S/W) - Cheirurus (S/W) - Selenopeltis (S/W) Dalmanites (S/W) - Flexicalymene (S/W) - Ceratarges (S/W) Phacops rana (S/W) - Walliserops (S/W) Greenops (S/W) - Erbenochile (S/W)

My Paleozoic is Yellow!

Asaphus - Squatinactus - Titanichthys

Lystrosaurus

Cephalaspis - Thanahita distos - Eusthenopteron