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Pair Of Enrolled Morocops Trilobites - Foum Zguid, Morocco
This is a pair of partially enrolled, Morocops (Barrandeops) quarried from Foum Zguid, Morocco. They would both be about 1.5" long if outstretched. One specimen is missing it's tail but the other one is complete. There is some shell weathering resulting in the multi-toned coloration.
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
Morocops (Barrandeops)
AGE
LOCATION
Foum Zguid, Morocco
FORMATION
Timrhanrhart Formation
SIZE
Each about 1.5" long if outstretched
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#68757
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