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2.4" Multi-Colored Hollardops Trilobite - Great Eye Facets
This is a detailed, 2.4" long Hollardops mesocristata from Ofaten, Moroccoo. Very nice shell preservation and preparation including clean eye facets. The shell has a natural multi-toned coloration to it which is quite beautiful. There is a small amount of shell restoration on the left hand side of the thorax along the repaired crack.
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 mesocristata
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
2.4" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#75469
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