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2.3" Flying Paralejurus Trilobite - Orange Eye Preservation!
This is an amazing 2.3" long Paralejurus trilobite quarried at Atchana, Morocco. It has been prepared so that it flies above the limestone on a pillar of stone. Both eyes have orange eye facet preservation, a feature occasionally seen on trilobites from this locality. Total restoration on this specimen is about 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.
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.
$395
SPECIES
Paralejurus spatuliforumis (Schraut & Feist, 2004)
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.3" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#359238
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