Large, 3.9" Crotalocephalus Trilobite - Jorf, Morocco

This is a large, 3.9" long Crotalocephalus trilobite (not to be confused with the common Crotacephalina) from Jorf, Morocco. These trilobites average under 2" in length. There is only about 1-2% shell restoration along the two repaired cracks running through the trilobite.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Crotalocephalus aff. africanus
LOCATION
Jorf, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Tchrafine Formation
SIZE
3.9" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#100107
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