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1.15" Phaetonellus Trilobite With Partial Phacopid - Morocco
This is one of the more uncommon proetid trilobites out of Morocco, Phaetonellus. It is .75" long and laid out nice and prone. There is a partial phacopid trilobite missing it's head associated with it.
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
Phaetonellus sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
SIZE
Phaetonellus .75" long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#134378
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