Beautiful Cluster of Pedinopariops Trilobites - Mrakib, Morocco

This is a beautiful cluster of two (and a half) Pedinopariops vagabundus trilobite fossils collected near Mrakib, Morocco. The largest has slightly curled preservation while the smaller specimen is almost completely enrolled, and the partial is missing some segments and its pygidium. Excellent eye facet detail across the eyes of each specimen. If outstretched, the two complete trilobites would measure approximately 1.6" and 2.1". Neither of the complete specimens have restoration, though the partial specimen has about 8% restoration.

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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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