Pair Of Well Preserved Austerops Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco

This is a pair of well preserved and prepared Austerops trilobites from Ofaten, Morocco. The larger of the two individuals is about 2.6" long. There is only about 1-2% shell restoration on this 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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Austerops
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
Larger 2.6" long (if outstretched), Rock 4.6 x 3.4"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#224985
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