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2.8" Multi-Toned Pedinopariops Trilobite - Nice Eyes
This is a beautiful, 2.8" specimen of Pedinopariops (Hypsipariops) vagabundus from Mrakib, Morocco. It has excellent shell detail including clearly preserved eye facets. Only about 2% shell restoration on top of the last few axial rings.
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
Pedinopariops vagabundus
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
2.8" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#87580
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