2.35" Spiny Kolihapeltis Trilobite - Excellent Specimen

This is a large example of a rare, spiny trilobite from Morocco, Kolihapeltis chlupaci hollardi. It's laid out perfectly prone and measures 2.35" in length. The preparation is nice and there is no major restoration on the specimen. A top quality example of a rare species.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Kolihapeltis chlupaci hollardi
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
2.35" long on 4.8x3.6" rock
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#108778
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