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1.3" Top Quality Lichid Trilobite (Akantharges) - Tinejdad, Morocco
This is a huge, top-quality, 1.3" long specimen of an unusual lichid (Akantharges mbareki) trilobite collected near Tinejdad, Morocco. These Akantharges are slightly different from the much more available Basseiarges trilobites mainly coming from Jorf. They have become few and far between on the market because the site is no longer collectable. At 1.3" long this specimen is huge and it has a partial Struveaspis next to it. It has about a tiny bit of shell restoration along a repaired crack.
About Trilobites
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.
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.
$1,350
SPECIES
Akantharges mbareki & Struveaspis
AGE
LOCATION
Tinejdad, Morocco
SIZE
1.3" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#350478
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