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1.6" Spiny Cyphaspis Trilobite - Ofaten, Morocco
This is a detailed, 1.6" long Cyphaspis trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco. It's head is covered in small bumps and it has excellent preparation with all of the spines prepared free-standing.
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
Cyphaspis sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
1.6" long (including spines)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#203018
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