15" Ordovician Trilobite (Xenasaphus) Mortality Plate - Russia

This is a 15 x 7.4" mortality plate of Middle Ordovician trilobites of the species Xenasaphus devexus, collected from St. Petersburg, Russia. All of the trilobites are either incomplete or disarticulated.

It comes with a display stand.

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.


FOR SALE
$445
DETAILS
SPECIES
Xenasaphus devexus
LOCATION
Volchov River, St. Petersburg, Russia
SIZE
Rock: 15 x 7.4"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#368622
GUARANTEE
We guarantee the authenticity of all of our specimens.