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3" Exceptional Zlichovaspis Trilobite - Orange Eye Facets
This is a spectacular, 3" long prone trilobite (Zlichovaspis rugosa) collected from the Lhandar Formation near Atchana, Morocco. \It has orange eye facet preservation a feature sometimes seen on trilobites from this locality. The head is tucked with the genal spines prepared free-standing and the trilobite fossil has no restoration.
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.
$395
SPECIES
Zlichovaspis rugosa
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
3" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#350497
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