1.35" Spiny Kolihapeltis Trilobite - Rare Species

This is a beautiful example of a rare, spiny trilobite from Morocco, Kolihapeltis chlupaci hollardi. It's laid out prone and measures 1.35" in length. The preparation is nice with only some minor restoration along the repaired crack running up the left hand side of the specimen, through the pleurals.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Kolihapeltis chlupaci hollardi
LOCATION
Atchana, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
1.35" long on 4x3.2" rock
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#108779
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