Bargain, 1.7" Wide Enrolled Pedinopariops Trilobite

This is a 1.7" wide, enrolled specimen of Pedinopariops (Hypsipariops) vagabundus from Mrakib, Morocco. It has been prepared completely free of the surrounding limestone. There is some shell weathering and quite a few scratches on the shell from preparation, hence the bargain price. A couple small spots of shell restoration on the top of a few axial rings, about 2-3% in total. Great eye facet 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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Pedinopariops vagabundus
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
1.7" wide, about 2.5" long if outstretched
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#86545
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