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2" Reddish/Purple Coltraneia Trilobite - Zireg, Morocco
Now here is something that is a little more unusual, a reddish/purple colored Coltraneia trilobite quarried near Zireg, Morocco. This is the first one I have seen from the site. It would be 2" long if outstretched and only has about 2% shell restoration 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.
SPECIES
Coltraneia oufatenensis
AGE
LOCATION
Zireg, Morocco
SIZE
2" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#249815
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