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3" Dicranurus Trilobite With Five Reedops - Spectacular Piece
This is a spectacular display piece featuring a bizarre, spiny Dicranurus trilobite from the Lhandar Formation in Morocco. The Dicranurus is good-sized at 3" wide with nice prepartion and free-standing horns. There are also five Reedops trilobites in various stages of enrollment associated with it. Excellent preparation with only about 1-2% restoration in total.
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
Dicranurus monstrosus, Reedops & Paralejurus
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
Dicranurus 3" wide, Rock 9 x 6"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#287360
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