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3.4" Multi-Toned Odontochile Trilobite - Morocco
This is a 3.4" Odontochile trilobite from Morocco. It has a natural multi-toned shell coloration which is quite beautiful. This appears to be a true Odontochile rather than the more common but very similar looking genus Zlichovaspis. Both genal spines have been prepared free of the surrounding limestone. It has about 3% shell restoration along repaired cracks.
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.
SPECIES
Odontochile sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
3.4" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#267340
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