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1.6" Red/Purple Diademaproetus Trilobite - Zireg, Morocco
This is a large, 1.6" long, curled specimen of Diademaproetus antatlasius from Zireg, Morocco. It has a natural purple colored shell which is pretty distinct to this location. It is nicely prepared with free standing genal spines and only about 1% 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
Diademaproetus antatlasius
LOCATION
Zireg, Morocco
SIZE
1.6" long (if outstretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#287138
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