Two Detailed Austerops Trilobite - Excellent Eyes

This is a naturally associated pair of two, beautiful Austerops trilobites from Morocco. They both look like they are ready to crawl off the rock, have excellent preparation and eye facet preservation. Their tails are tucked but the larger one would be about 1.5" long if outstretched.

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
Morocco
SIZE
1.5" & 1.2" long (if outstretched), Rock 3.8x3.6"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#197150
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