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Perfectly Enrolled Drotops Trilobite - About 5 1/2" Around
This is a perfectly enrolled specimen of the giant phacopid trilobite Drotops megalomanicus. It's 3" wide and would be around 5 1/2" long if outstretched. It has been completely removed from the surrounding limestone and all of the surface detail including the bumps covering its head and tail and many eye facets can easily be seen. It has about 10% shell restoration in total, primarily on the right hand side of its thorax and tail.
About Trilobites
Trilobites are an extinct class of marine arthropods that thrived for nearly 270 million years, from the early Cambrian to the end of the Permian period (around 521 to 252 million years ago). They are one of the most successful and diverse groups in the history of life, with over 25,000 described species spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and ecological niches. Known for their distinctive, segmented exoskeletons, trilobites provide invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods and the dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems.
Trilobites are an extinct class of marine arthropods that thrived for nearly 270 million years, from the early Cambrian to the end of the Permian period (around 521 to 252 million years ago). They are one of the most successful and diverse groups in the history of life, with over 25,000 described species spanning a wide range of sizes, shapes, and ecological niches. Known for their distinctive, segmented exoskeletons, trilobites provide invaluable insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods and the dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems.
SPECIES
Drotops megalomanicus
AGE
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
3" wide, About 5 1/2" around curve
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#312780
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