1.2" Spiny Cyphaspis Trilobite

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This is an nicely prepared, 1.2" long (including spine) Cyphaspis trilobite from Morocco. It has very nice shell detail and preparation.

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.

More About Trilobites

SPECIES

Cyphaspis sp.

AGE

Devonian

LOCATION

Morocco

SIZE

1.2" including spine

1.2" Spiny Cyphaspis Trilobite

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