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2.6" Partially Enrolled Reedops Trilobite - Aatchana, Morocco
This is a 2.6" long, partially enrolled Reedops trilobite collected near Atchana, Morocco. It has a lot of surface detail including, visible, preserved eye facets. It has about 2-3% shell restoration on top of its axis.
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
Reedops
LOCATION
Aatchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.6" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#235691
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