1.6" Reedops Trilobite With Nice Eyes - Lghaft , Morocco

This is a 1.6" long Reedops trilobite collected from the Lhandar Formation near Lghaft, Morocco. The limestone has been painstakingly removed from around the fossil leaving it nicely displayed on a pedestal of rock. Clear eye facet preservation in both eyes.

There is some shell restoration to the front of its head and along a repaired crack.

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
Reedops
LOCATION
Lghaft, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
1.6" long (if outstretched)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#164520
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