Bargain, .56" Wide, Enrolled Morocops Trilobite - Morocco

This is a enrolled, .56" wide Morocops (formerly Barrandeops) trilobite from Issoumour, Morocco. Good eye facet detail in both eyes but it does have quite a bit of shell weathering, hence the bargain price.

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
Morocops
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
SIZE
.56" wide, about 1" long around curve
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#157043
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