Metacanthina Trilobite With Reedops and Scabrella Tail

This is a really cool piece from the Lhandar Formation near Lghaft, Morocco. There is a 2.2" long Metacanthina issoumourensis associated with an enrolled Reedops and the tail of an extremely rare Scabrella. Total restoration on this piece is about 2-3%

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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