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4.3" Zlichovaspis Trilobite - Top Quality Specimen
This is a very nice, large Zlichovaspis rugosa trilobite from Atchana, Morocco. It has a backwards arch to it, but would be about 4.3" long if outstretched. Very nice shell quality, clear eye facets and top quality preparation on this 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
Zlichovaspis rugosa
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
4.3" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#107613
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