Four Large Pedinopariops Trilobites - Killer Piece!

This is a impressive, association of four large Pedinopariops (Hypsipariops) vagabundus trilobites from Mrakib, Morocco. They are all around 3" in length with excellent preservation including clear eye facets. The piece has been very well prepared, and displays very aesthetically.

The only restoration is a few touchups along the repaired cracks, less than 1% in total. A really killer piece.

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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