3" Multi-Toned, Spiny Comura Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco

Multi-Toned, Spiny Comura Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco #227799

This is a unique, 3" long Comura bultyncki trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco. It has a natural, multi-toned shell coloration caused by part of the trilobite being closer to a fault in the rock where groundwater could leach minerals from the shell. Adding the the appeal of this trilobite is the exceptional level of preparation with only one, tiny spine being restored.

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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