2.6" Bumpy Zlichovaspis Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco

Bumpy Zlichovaspis Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco #240535

This is a 2.6" long specimen of Zlichovaspis spinifera quarried near Issoumour, Morocco. This specimen is laid out nice and prone with excellent preservation and preparation. There is only about 1-2% shell restoration along repaired cracks.

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 with over 25k currently described species, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to a hard exoskeleton (shell), they left an excellent fossil record.

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