Bargain, 2.3" Hollardops Trilobite - Visible Eye Facets

This is a bargain, 2.3" long Hollardops mesocristata trilobite fossil from Ofaten, Morocco. It shows quite a bit of surface detail including preserved eye facets. The preparation is a bit rough leaving some scratches and dings on the shell, hence the bargain price.

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
Hollardops mesocristata
LOCATION
Ofaten, Morocco
SIZE
2.3" long (if outstretched)
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#105978
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