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Cute, Little Crotalocephalina Trilobite - 1.05" long
This is a cute, little Crotalocephalina gibbus trilobite. At just over an inch long, it's probably the smallest specimen I've seen prepared, as most are in the 2-3" range. It's still spectacularly detailed, with excellent shell preservation. A little cutie.
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
Crotalocephalina (Crotalocephalus) gibbus
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
1.05" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#58734
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