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1.5" Spiny Leonaspsis Trilobite With Free-Standing Spines
This is large, spiny Leonaspis trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco.The genal spines have been prepared totally free of the surrounding rock and it has wonderful shell detail including many small nodes on the axis, a feature often last on specimens with lesser quality preparation.
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
Leonaspis
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
1.5" long if outstretched
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#108796
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