34.5 " Asaphid Trilobite Mortality Plate - Impressive Display

Asaphid Trilobite Mortality Plate - Impressive Display #227814

This is a stunning, 34.5 x 25.5" mass mortality plate of large Asaphid trilobites (Ogyginus sp?). It is Lower Ordovician in age and was collected from the Zagora area in Morocco. There are 16 complete trilobites on the plate with the largest measuring about 6.7" long. It is not a composite and well prepared with minimal restoration.

This impressive display comes with a display stand but we can add a backing and wall mounting hardware upon request.

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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