1.8" Scabriscutellum Trilobite - Tiny Axial Spines

This is a nicely prepared, 1.6" long, Scabriscutellum trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco. Excellent shell detail including thousands of tiny eye facets are present. There is a tiny spine on each axial ring in this species, as well as spines above the eyes. There is some minor shell restoration along the repaired cracks.

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
Scabriscutellum sp.
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
1.6" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#98589
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