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1.9" Multi-Toned, Coltraneia Trilobite - Unusual Location
This is a 1.9" long, bug-eyed, Coltraneia trilobite with amazing "tower eyes" full of hundreds of eye facets. Nearly all of the Coltraneia come from Ofaten, Morocco but this one comes from Issoumour and has different preservation. It has a naturally multi-toned shell coloration due to one side of the trilobite being closer to a seem in the rock that allowed for minerals to be leached from the shell.
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
Coltraneia oufatenensis
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
FORMATION
El Otfal Formation
SIZE
1.9" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#125132
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