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Double Coltraneia Trilobite Fossil - Huge Faceted Eyes
This is a pair of bug-eyed, Coltraneia trilobites with amazing "tower eyes" full of hundreds of eye facets. It was collected from the El Otfal Formation near Ofaten, Morocco and the piece is well prepared. Total restoration is only about 1% along repaired cracks.
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.
SPECIES
Coltraneia oufatenensis
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
FORMATION
El Otfal Formation
SIZE
Both about 2.2" long, Rock 5.8 x 3.5"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#320874
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