1.7" Colorful, Harpides Trilobite - Draa Valley, Morocco

 

This is a colorful and currently undescribed species (and likely genus) of Harpides trilobite from the Fezouata Formation of Morocco. The coloration is natural and is the result of oxidization of iron pyrite.

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
Harpides sp.
LOCATION
Draa Valley, Morocco
FORMATION
Fezouata Formation
SIZE
1.7" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#92933
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