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1.9" Beautiful Metacanthina Trilobite With Zlichovaspis Head
This is a beautiful, chocolate-brown, 1.9" long specimen of Metacanthina issoumourensis collected near Lghaft, Morocco. It is folded over over, but has been meticulously prepared from both sides, creating a stunning display. It has about 2-5% shell restoration along repaired cracks. There is also the head of a Zlichovaspis trilobite present on the rock.
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.
SPECIES
Metacanthina issoumourensis & Zlichovaspis
LOCATION
Lghaft, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
Metacanthina: 1.9" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#339953
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