1.45" Spiny Scabriscutellum Trilobite - Rare Type

This is a spiny Scabriscutellum lahceni trilobite from the Timrhanrhart Formation near Foum Zguid, Morocco. It has a row of small axial spines as well as spines above each eye. Beautiful shell preservation.

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.
FOR SALE
$295
DETAILS
SPECIES
Scabriscutellum lahceni
LOCATION
Foum Zguid, Morocco
FORMATION
Timrhanrhart Formation
SIZE
1.45" long on 3.9x3.1" rock
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#108752
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