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1.45" Spiny Leonaspis Trilobite - Morocco
This is a nice, spiny, 1.45" long, Leonaspis trilobite. There is some damage to the left eye stalk but otherwise it's a nice trilobite.
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
Leonaspis sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Morocco
SIZE
1.45" long including spines
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#138112
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