2.25" Barrandeops Trilobite Fossil - Rock Removed

This is a detailed, 2.25" long example of an Barrandeops trilobite Morocco. It has a shell completely covered in tiny bumps and the preparation is excellent. Visible eye facets in both eyes. All of the matrix other than the rock directly under the shell has been removed and it sits nicely on a flat surface.
There is a patch of shell restoration on the front of it's head.

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
Barrandeops
LOCATION
Morocco
SIZE
2.25" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#55861
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