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2" Hollardops Austerops With Austerops - Ofaten, Morocco
This is a 2" long Hollardops trilobite collected near Ofaten, Morocco. It is naturally associated with a slightly larger Austerops. Both trilobites have been prepared to remove much of the surrounding limestone and leaving them in an aesthetic display. The tip of the right spine on the Hollardops is missing, and there is about 3% shell restoration in total.
About Trilobites
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.
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.
$295
SPECIES
Hollardops & Austerops
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
Hollardops 2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#368580
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