1.2" Kainops Trilobite With Huntonia Tail - Oklahoma

Kainops Trilobite With Huntonia Tail - Oklahoma #92754

This is a detailed, 1.2" long Kainops trilobite associated with a large Huntonia trilobite tail from the Haragan Formation of Oklahoma. Excellent preparation and the caramel colored shell contrasts well with the light colored rock. There is some lateral compression to the Kainops but it has nice eye facet preservation.

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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