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Spiny Drotops Armatus Trilobite - 5.1" Long
This is a 5.1" long specimen of the super spiny phacopid trilobite, Drotops armatus. With somewhere around 100 free standing spines it would have been a very unappetizing dinner for it's predators. This is a very impressive specimen that shows excellent shell detail.
Many of the spines on this specimen either composites or were reattached bargain price.
Many of the spines on this specimen either composites or were reattached 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.
SPECIES
Drotops armatus
AGE
LOCATION
Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
5.1" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#42258
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