1.35" Bumpy Cyphaspis Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco

This is an nicely prepared, 1.35" long (including spine) Cyphaspis trilobite from Morocco. It has very nice shell detail and preparation with the distinctive glabella covered in small bumps/spines. All of the spines have been prepared free-standing.

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
Cyphaspis sp.
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
1.35" (including spine)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#92928
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