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Bargain, .6" Enrolled Nileus Armadillo Trilobite - Russia
This is a .6" wide, enrolled example of a Nileus armadillo trilobite from the Middle Ordovician deposits near St. Petersburg, Russia. Portions of the cephalon are missing, along with the posterior half of the specimen, hence the reduced price.
About Trilobites
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.
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.
$25
SPECIES
Nileus armadillo (Dalman, 1827)
LOCATION
Volkhov River, St. Petersburg Region, Russia
FORMATION
Kunda Horizon
SIZE
Trilobite: .6" wide, Rock: 1.5 x 1"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#363240
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