2.2" Multi-Toned Odontochile Trilobite - Morocco

This is a 2.2" Odontochile trilobite from Morocco. It has a natural multi-toned shell coloration which is quite beautiful. This appears to be a true Odontochile rather than the much more common but very similar looking genus Zlichovaspis. It has about 1% restoration in total.

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
Odontochile sp.
LOCATION
Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.2" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#356942
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