1.35" Wide, Enrolled Illaenus Trilobite - Russia

This is a 1.6" wide (about 2.4" long), enrolled Illaenus trilobite from the St. Petersburg region of Russia.

Like nearly all the Russian asaphid trilobite available there is some shell restoration. The shell restoration is primarily on the very front of the 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
Illaenus sp.
LOCATION
St. Petersburg region, Russia
FORMATION
Asery level
SIZE
1.6" long,
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#94663
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