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2.9" Paralejurus Trilobite With Microfossils - Lghaft, Morocco
This is a beautiful, 2.9" long, chocolate brown Paralejurus collected near Lghaft, Morocco. It's laid out perfectly prone and superbly prepared. A unique aspect of this piece is quite a few microfossils (gastropods, ammonoids, corals) are also present both on top of the trilobite and in the surrounding rock. A lot of care was taken to leave these fossils in place during preparation and not destroy them.
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.
SPECIES
Paralejurus
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
Trilobite 2.9"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#193673
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