2.2" Enrolled Paralejurus Trilobite Fossil - Atchana, Morocco

This is an enrolled Paralejurus trilobite quarried at Atchana, Morocco. It's highly detailed and under magnification tiny eye facets can be seen. It would measure about 2.2" long if outstretched and the limestone around it has been removed leaving it perched on a pillar of rock. Restoration is less than 1%

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Paralejurus spatuliforumis (Schraut & Feist, 2004)
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.2" long (if outstretched)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#283756
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