1.3 Rare Harpid (Lioharpes?) - Atchana, Morocco

This is a rare and I believe undescribed Harpid trilobite from the Lhandar Formation near Atchana, Morocco. Very little work has yet been done on Harpids from Morocco, but this one is most likely of the genus Lioharpes which is currently described from locations in Europe. This is one of only a handful of examples of this trilobite I've seen and it's much better preserved than most of the others.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Lioharpes?
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
1.3" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#69754
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