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2.4" Curled Hollardops Trilobite - Orange Eye Preservation
This is a curled, 2.4" long Hollardops trilobite fossil quarried near Ofaten, Morocco. It has orange eye facet preservation in both eyes. One of the genal spines has been prepared free of the surrounding limestone. Total shell restoration 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.
SPECIES
Hollardops
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
2.4" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#309214
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