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2" Wide, Partially Enrolled, Spiny Drotops Trilobite
This is a 2.5" wide, spiny, Drotops armatus trilobite, preserved in a partially enrolled position. This large phacopid trilobite would have been over 3" long if outstretched. This species is covered in over 50 large spines, but the spines are all broken off fairly close to their base in this example. That is the reason for the bargain price. Nice eye facet detail in the left eye, though much of the right eye has been restored.
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
Drotops armatus
AGE
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
2" wide, about 3.5" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#169569
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