2" Platyscutellum Trilobite Fossil - Atchana, Morocco

This is a 2" long, Platyscutellum trilobite from Atchana, Morocco. The preservation is so good that you can see hundreds tiny eye facets in both eyes. There is no restoration on this specimen.

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Platyscutellum sp.
LOCATION
Atchana, Alnif, Morocco
SIZE
2" long (if outstretched)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#96829
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