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1.6" Hollardops Trilobite - Nice Eye Facets
This is a very nice, 1.6" long example of the trilobite Hollardops mesocristata from Morocco. Very nice preparation, with nice shell detail including clear eye facets in both eyes. It's on the smaller side for the species, but you won't see many this nice.
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.
SPECIES
Hollardops mesocristata
AGE
LOCATION
Morocco
SIZE
1.6" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#108236
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