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3.7" Flying Zlichovaspis Trilobite With Small Crotalocephalina
This is a stunning, 3.7" long Zlichovaspis trilobite fossil from collected near Atchana, Morocco. The preparation work is amazing with nearly all of the limestone removed around it leaving it 'flying' on a pedestal of rock. Both eyes have a unique, orange preservation which is sometimes seen on trilobites from this locality. There is a small, curled Crotalocephalina gibbus on a pedestal of limestone next to it.
Total shell restoration on this piece is only about 1% along repaired cracks.
Total shell restoration on this piece is only about 1% 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
Zlichovaspis rugosa & Crotalocephalina gibbus
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
3.7" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#339954
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