3.3" Zlichovaspis Trilobite With Small Reedops - Lghaft, Morocco

Zlichovaspis Trilobite With Small Reedops - Lghaft, Morocco #183719

This is an impressive, 3.3" long Zlichovaspis spinifera trilobite collected near Lghaft, Morocco. The limestone surrounding it has been removed so that it appears to "fly" on a pillar of rock. There is a small Reedops trilobite associated with it. Great detail on both trilobites including visible eye facets.

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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