Aesthetic Crotalocephalina & Reedops Trilobite Association

This is a natural association of a Crotalocephalina sp. and enrolled Reedops from Foum Zguid, Morocco. The specimens has been painstakingly prepared to remove the surrounding limestone, leaving the trilobite fossils perched in an aesthetic display. Nearly all of the rock has been removed from underneath the 2.6" long Crotalocephalina, a very time consuming task.

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
Crotalocephalina sp. & Reedops
LOCATION
Ma’der el Kebir, Foum Zguid, Morocco
FORMATION
Assa Formation
SIZE
Crotalocephalina 2.6"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#71203
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