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4.6" Prone Psychopyge Trilobite - Top Quality Specimen
This is a beautiful, 4.6" long, prone Psychopyge elegans from Issoumour, Morocco. It has a chocolate brown shell coloration that contrasts well with the lighter colored rock and dozens of free-standing spines. It is laid out nicely with free-standing genal spines and it has no restoration. A true, top quality example of this rare, spiny trilobite.
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
Psychopyge elegans
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
FORMATION
Tazoulait Formation
SIZE
4.6" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#368559
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