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Beautiful, 2.3" Austerops Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco
This is a beautiful, 2.3" long (it outstretched) Austerops trilobite. It has great detail including clear eye facets in both eyes. The naturally, multi-toned shell coloration makes for a unique specimen and it's nicely prepared.
Only one tiny spot of restoration on one pleural tip.
Only one tiny spot of restoration on one pleural tip.
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 with over 25k currently described species, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to a hard exoskeleton (shell), they left an excellent fossil record.
SPECIES
Austerops
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
2.3" long (it outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#75466
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