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Exceptional, Enrolled Morocops Spinifer - Top Quality!
This is an exceptional specimen if one of the less frequently seen phacopids from Morocco, Morocops spinifer. This species is completely covered in small tubercles. It takes a very skilled preparitor and a lot of time to prepare one without abrading away these tubercles. This specimen is enrolled and left partially embedded in the limestone it was found in creating a display base. It's .95" wide and would have been about 1.8" long if outstretched. A true collector specimen!
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
Morocops spinifer
LOCATION
Assa Area, Morocco
FORMATION
Khebchia Formation
SIZE
.95" wide, about 1.8" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#170754
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