.85" Sculptoproetus Trilobite - Excellent Example

This is an excellent and well prepared example of a more unusual proetid trilobite from Morocco, Sculptoproetus. It looks very similar to the common Cornuproetus, but has a much larger cephalic rim and less segments. The genal spines on this specimen have been prepared free standing.

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
Sculptoproetus cf haasi
LOCATION
Tafroute, Morocco
FORMATION
Timrhanrhart Formation
SIZE
.85" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#66907
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