.75" Destombesina Trilobite With Small Axial Spines

This is a small, .75" long Acastid trilobite which I believe probably is of the genus Destombesina. It has a row of small axial spines which don't appear on Destombesina tafilaltensis. This species is nicely prepared with tiny eye facets visible in its eyes.

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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SPECIES
Destombesina sp.
LOCATION
Taouz Area, Morocco
SIZE
.75" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#170762
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