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1.4" Stunning Metacanthina Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco
This is a beautiful, 1.4" long specimen of Metacanthina issoumourensis collected near Lghaft, Morocco. It has a beautiful, chocolate brown shell preservation and the preparation is excellent. The rock surrounding the trilobite has been undercut during preparation, bringing it out in high relief. It only has about 1% shell restoration with a couple of spots on the genal spines.
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.
$245
SPECIES
Metacanthina issoumourensis
LOCATION
Lghaft, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
1.4" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#350523
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