Excellent Hollardops & Cornuproetus Trilobite Association

This is a nice, natural association of a Hollardops mesocristata and Cornuproetus cornutus trilobite quarried near Ofaten, Morocco . Both of them are nicely prepared with excellent shell detail including eye facets. The Hollardops is 2.15" long and the Cornuproetus is 1.3" long.

The only shell restoration is a touchup along the repaired crack on the head of the Cornuproetus, less than 1% in total.

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
Hollardops mesocristata & Cornuproetus cornutus
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
Hollardops 2.15", Cornuproetus 1.3"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#75470
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