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2.7" Detailed Hollardops Trilobite - Issoumour, Morocco
This is a detailed, 2.7" long Hollardops mesocristata trilobite fossil quarried at Issoumour, Morocco. Excellent eye facet preservation it both eyes with good preparation. There is some restoration on the left side of the head along a 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
Issoumour, Morocco
SIZE
2.7" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#174707
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