1.4" Russian Dysplanus Trilobite - Rare Species

This is a nice specimen of one of the scarcer Russian illaenid trilobites Dysplanus acutigenia. It would be about 1.4" long if outstretched and is perfectly inflated. There is some shell weathering on the left hand side but no restoration.

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
Dysplanus acutigenia (Jaanusson 1957)
LOCATION
Putilovo Quarry, St. Petersburg Region, Russia
SIZE
1.4" long (if outstretched)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#125697
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