.9" Pseudocryphaeus (Cryphina) Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco

Pseudocryphaeus (Cryphina) Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco #301717

Here is a top quality, .9" long, Pseudocryphaeus minimus trilobite from the Devonian of Morocco. It's an elegant example of the order Phacopida with a distinctive rostrum projecting from the front of its head. Excellent preservation on this diminutive trilobite. There is small area of restoration on the left genal spine.

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.

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