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6" Enrolled Spiny Drotops Armatus Trilobite - Very Colorful
This is a colorful, super-spiny, enrolled Drotops armatus trilobite which would be about 6" long if outstretched. It comes from the Bou Dib Formation near Mrakib, Morocco. It has been exportly prepared to remove the hard, surrounding limestone and leave it perched on a pedistal of rock. There is about 4-5% restoration on this specimen. Most of the spines are original though there many have been reattached during preparation and only a handful look fully 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
About 6" long (if oustretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#192504
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