1.15" Red Selenopeltis & Asaphellus Trilobites - Fezouata Formation

This is a 1.15" long, red colored Selenopeltis trilobite from the Upper Fezouata Formation in Morocco. The red/rust coloration is natural, due to the oxidization of iron pyrite. It is associated with a pair of asaphid trilobites and another partial Selenopeltis.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet: over 25,000 species have been described, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to their hard exoskeletons (shells), they left an excellent fossil record.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Selenopeltis binodosa & Asaphellus sp.
LOCATION
Zagora Area, Morocco
FORMATION
Fezouata Formation
SIZE
1.15" long on 3.6 x 3.2" shale
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#213141
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