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4.5" Spiny Drotops Armatus Trilobite - Multi-Toned Shell
This is a colorful, 4.5" long (if outstretched), spiny Drotops armatus trilobite from the Bou Dib Formation of Morocco. Predators of the Devonian would have been deterred by the nearly 100 spines along its thorax. Unlike most Drotops armatus on the market the spines are original. There is about 7% restoration in total, primarily along a repaired crack through it's head and near the base of some of the spines where they were reattached.
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
Drotops armatus
AGE
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
4.5" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#291845
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