Rare, 3" Psychopyge Termierorum - Super Long Rostrum

Rare, Psychopyge Termierorum - Super Long Rostrum #66922

This is a rare Psychopyge termierorum collected near Mrakib, Morocco. It's related to the more frequently seen Psychopyge elegans which comes from Issimour but has a much longer rostrum. The specimen including it's extended rostrum (which is natural) is 3." long. Great eye facet detail in both eyes and nice preparation. Restoration is fairly minimal, mostly small touchups and some shell restoration on the repaired cracks running through the rostrum.

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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SPECIES

Psychopyge termierorum

AGE

Middle Devonian

LOCATION

Mrakib, Morocco

SIZE

3" long

Rare, 3" Psychopyge Termierorum - Super Long Rostrum

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