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Large, 3.3" Reedops Trilobite - Atchana, Morocco
This is a large, 3.3" long, Reedops trilobite collected near Atchana, Morocco. The hard limestone has been carefully removed, leaving it perched as if it's about to crawl off of the rock. There is a calcite seam running through it's head but otherwise it's a very nice specimen, much better than most of the Reedops you see from the locality.
About Trilobites
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.
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.
SPECIES
Reedops cephalotes hamlagdadianus
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
3.3" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#74879
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