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1.1" Spiny Leonaspis Trilobite - Morocco
This is a 1.1" long, spiny, Leonaspis trilobite from the Devonian deposits of Morocco. It's laid out nice and prone and the preparation is pretty good with no 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
Leonaspis sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
SIZE
1.1" long (including spines)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#57670
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