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2.4" Paralejurus Trilobite Fossil - Excellent Preparation
This is a beautifully prepared, 2.4" long Paralejurus trilobite quarried near Atchana, Morocco. Excellent shell quality and preparation with hundreds of tiny eye facets visible in each eye, as well as the distinctive terrace lines on the tail. 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.
SPECIES
Paralejurus spatuliforumis (Schraut & Feist, 2004)
AGE
LOCATION
Atchana, Alnif, Morocco
SIZE
2.4" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#69735
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