.85" Flexicalymene Trilobite - LaPrairie, Quebec

This is a .85" long, Flexicalymene trilobite from LaPrairie, Quebec. The preparation is excellent retaining the pustules that are often air abraded away. Both of its cheeks are tightly attached which is not often the case with these. The tail is tucked underneath but present.

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
Flexicalymene cf. granulosa
LOCATION
LaPrairie, Quebec
FORMATION
Nicolet River Formation
SIZE
.85" long on 4.1 x 3.7" shale
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#164371
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