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2.85" Paralejurus Trilobite - Morocco
This is a bargain, 2.85" long Paralejurus trilobite collected from the Lhandar Formation in Morocco. It is a large specimen and you can see tiny eye facets in both eyes under magnification. There is about 5% shell restoration on it's head and right hand side of the tail.
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
Paralejurus
LOCATION
Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.85" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#171492
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