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2.3" Detailed Austerops Trilobite - Mostly Removed From Rock
This is a detailed, 2.3" long Austerops trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco. Excellent shell detail, preparation and visible eye facets. It has mostly been removed from the surrounding limestone, though there is rock underneath it to support the shell. It has about 3% shell restoration in total along repaired cracks.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
It comes with an acrylic 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.
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
Austerops sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
2.3" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#311194
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