1.1" Wide Enrolled Pliomera Trilobite - Russia

Wide Enrolled Pliomera Trilobite - Russia #89053

This is a beautiful, 1.1" wide, enrolled Pliomera fischeri trilobite from the Ordovician deposits near St. Petersburg, Russia. This unusual species is not seen very often on the market but I find it way more interesting than the typical asaphids from there. It would be about 2" long if outstretched and there is no repair or restoration.

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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