2.3" Pseudocryphaeus Trilobite - Excellent Detail

This is a beautifully prepared example of Pseudocryphaeus from Mrakib, Morocco. Excellent eye facet detail and a chocolate brown shell preservation in this specimen, with the distinctive rostrum. It's related to the much smaller Minicryphaeus which was formerly in the genus Pseudocryphaeus but the rostrum is much shorter relative to the size of the trilobite.

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
Pseudocryphaeus sp.
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
SIZE
2.3" long (if oustretched)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#64424
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