7.2" Ordovician Trilobite Mortality Plate (Pos/Neg) - Morocco

This is an impressive, 7.2 x 6.5" mortality plate of Ordovician trilobites from Tafraoute, Morocco. There are over a dozen complete trilobites on the plate. Both the positive and negative splits of the piece are included which fit together nicely.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Unidentified
LOCATION
Tafraoute, Morocco
SIZE
Rock 7.2 x 4.4", Largest Trilobite 1.35"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#194105
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