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2.35" Reedops Trilobite - Beautiful Eye Detail
This is a beautifully preserved, 2.35" long, Reedops trilobite collected near Atchana, Morocco. It has a lot of surface detail including, visible, preserved eye facets in it's eyes. It's been prepared to remove the surrounding limestone so that it looks like it's ready to crawl off the rock. Only about 1% shell restoration along the repaired cracks. A really nice example of this species.
About Trilobites
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.
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.
SPECIES
Reedops cephalotes hamlagdadianus
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.35" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#87466
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