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2.5" Bug-Eyed Coltraneia Trilobite Fossil - Ofaten, Morocco
This is a 2.5" long, Coltraneia trilobite with amazing "tower eyes" full of hundreds of eye facets. The genus has often been referred to as Treveropyge in the past. It was quarried at Ofaten Mountain, Morocco.
This specimen has nice preparation. There is about 5% shell restoration in total on this specimen.
This specimen has nice preparation. There is about 5% shell restoration in total on this specimen.
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.
$295
SPECIES
Coltraneia oufatenensis
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
FORMATION
El Otfal Formation
SIZE
2.5" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#354444
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