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1.6" Spiny Koneprusia Trilobite With Austrops - Ofaten, Morocco
This is an excellent, 1.6" long specimen of a super spiny trilobite (Koneprusia) collected near Ofaten, Morocco. It is a very time consuming process to free all of these long spines from their limestone tomb requiring a tremendous amount of skill. A trilobite like this would have probably taken in the area of 40 hours of work under high magnification using air abrasives. It is associated with an Austerops trilobite on the limestone. Total restoration is about 2%
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
Koneprusia dahmani & Austerops
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
1.6" long (if outstretched), Rock 5.2 x 4.4"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#268857
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