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2.7" Morocconites Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco
This is a nicely prepared, 2.7" long (if outstretched) specimen of Morocconites malladoides with excellent shell detail and clear eye facets. It was quarried near Ofaten, Morocco. There is less than 1% shell restoration.
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
Morocconites malladoides
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
FORMATION
Tazoulait Formation
SIZE
2.7" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#75772
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