1.6" Thysanopeltis Trilobite - Boudib, Morocco

This is a 1.6" long Thysanopeltis trilobite from the El Otfal Formation of Morocco. This species has a distinctive fringe of pygidial (tail) spines. It's laid out nice and prone. There is restoration along a repaired crack running up the right hand side of its body,

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
Thysanopeltis sp.
LOCATION
Boudib, Jebel Issoumour, Morocco
FORMATION
El Otfal Formation
SIZE
1.6" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#210161
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