3.6" Spiny Delocare (Saharops) Trilobite - Bou Lachrhal, Morocco

Spiny Delocare (Saharops) Trilobite - Bou Lachrhal, Morocco #204801

This is a spiny, 3.6" long Delocare (Saharops) bensaidi trilobite quarried at Bou Lachrhal, Morocco. It has a nice, multi-toned shell coloration and has been expertly prepared. All of the small, free-standing spines are intact and the eye facet detail is excellent. 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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