2.3" Detailed Zlichovaspis Trilobite - Excellent Preparation

Detailed Zlichovaspis Trilobite - Excellent Preparation #210226

This is a very nicely prepared Zlichovaspis trilobite from the Lhandar Formation of Morocco. It would be about 2.3" long if outstretched and the preparation is excellent with no air abrasive burning to the shell and all of the micro-details easily seen.

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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