Beautiful Basseiarges Trilobite With Partial - Jorf, Morocco

This is a beautiful, .9" specimen of Basseiarges from Jorf, Morocco. The rock from this locality is extremely hard with an almost glass-like texture making it difficult to prepare. This results in many specimens being "burnt" during preparation and loosing a lot of shell detail. Not this little beauty. This is also a partial specimen, running into a quartz seam in the rock.

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Basseiarges mellishae
LOCATION
Jorf, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Tchrafine Formation
SIZE
.9" long 3.2x2.1" rock
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#108757
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