Bargain, 2.2" Austerops Trilobite - Visible Eye Facets

This is a detailed, Austerops trilobite from the Devonian of Morocco. The preparation is a little rough leaving a lot of scratches and dings on the shell, hence the bargain price. Nice eye facet preservation in both eyes. There is some restoration along the top of the axis.

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
Austerops
LOCATION
Morocco
SIZE
2.2" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#119962
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