Two Beautiful Reedops Trilobites - Atchana, Morocco

This is a beautiful association of two nice Reedops trilobites quarried near Atchana, Morocco. The larger of the two would be about 3" long if outstretched and the smaller prone one is 2.6". They both have nice shell preservation including preserved eye facets and the piece is well prepared.

Comes with a display stand.

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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