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Beautiful, 1.45" Fossil Trilobite (Paciphacops) - Black Cat Mountain
This is a trilobite of the genus Paciphacops that was collected from the Haragan Formation of Oklahoma. It has amazing surface detail including the many eye facets preserved in each eye. It was prepared under microscope using air abrasives.
This species is very similar to the more common Kainops found at the same site but has only 3 or 4 rows of eye facets.
This species is very similar to the more common Kainops found at the same site but has only 3 or 4 rows of eye facets.
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
Paciphacops campbelli
AGE
LOCATION
Black Cat Mountain, Clarita, Oklahoma
FORMATION
Haragan Formation
SIZE
1.45" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#137478
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