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1.8" Asaphus Platyurus Trilobite - Russia
This is an uncommon Asaphus platyurus trilobite from the Vilpovitsy quarry near St. Petersburg, Russia. It's 1.8" long and nicely prepared from the surrounding limestone. The hypostome (mouthplate) is visible underneath the trilobite
Like nearly all of the trilobites from these quarries they do have some shell restoration, as it tends to fracture during collection. It's pretty minimal though, a little bit year the front of the head, on the right genal spine and some crack fill on the tail. A beautiful specimen.
Like nearly all of the trilobites from these quarries they do have some shell restoration, as it tends to fracture during collection. It's pretty minimal though, a little bit year the front of the head, on the right genal spine and some crack fill on the tail. A beautiful specimen.
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
Asaphus platyurus
AGE
LOCATION
Vilpovitsy quarry, St. Petersburg region, Russia
FORMATION
Asery level
SIZE
2.25" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#99243
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