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Two Detailed Reedops Trilobite - Atchana, Morocco
This is a pair of 1.5" long Reedops trilobites collected near Atchana, Morocco. They have a lot of surface detail including, visible, preserved eye facets.
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
Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
Both about 1.5" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#204134
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