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2" Phacopid (Adrisiops) Trilobite - Jbel Oudriss, Morocco
This is a 2" long (if outstretched) phacopid (Adrisiops weugi) trilobite from Jbel Oudriss, Morocco. Adrisiops had been informally referred to as 'smiley Phacops' until it was described as the type species of a new genus in 2017. It is one of the less frequently seen genera of phacopids from Morocco.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Restoration makes up approximately 1% of this specimen in the form of gap fill.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Restoration makes up approximately 1% of this specimen in the form of gap fill.
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
Adrisiops weugi (van Viersen, Holland & Koppka, 2017)
LOCATION
Jbel Oudriss, Morocco
FORMATION
El Otfal Formation
SIZE
Trilobite: 2" long (if outstretched), Limestone: 3.4 x 1.5"
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#251653
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