1.7" Spiny Koneprusia Trilobite - Foum Zguid, Morocco

Spiny Koneprusia Trilobite - Foum Zguid, Morocco #268852

This is a 1.7" long Koneprusia trilobite from the Timrhanrhart Formation near Foum Zguid, Morocco. Nearly all of the spines have been prepared free standing. The only restoration is at the base of the spines where they were reattached during preparation.

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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