Large, 2.1" Kolihapeltis Trilobite - Rare Species

Large, Kolihapeltis Trilobite - Rare Species #89288

This is a beautiful, example of a rare, spiny trilobite from Morocco, Kolihapeltis chlupaci hollardi. It's 2.1" long and laid out perfectly prone with it's long, sweeping spines prepared free of the surrounding limestone. There is about 10% shell restoration on this specimen, mostly on the left side of the head and along the right hand side of the thorax.

A very impressive specimen.

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

Kolihapeltis chlupaci hollardi

AGE

Lower Devonian (Pragian Stage)

LOCATION

Atchana, Morocco

FORMATION

Lhandar Formation

SIZE

2.1" long

Large, 2.1" Kolihapeltis Trilobite - Rare Species

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