2.75" Valdaites Trilobite From Russia - Rare Species

This is a beautiful, 2.75" long example of a scarce Russian asaphid trilobite, Valdaites limatus.

There is about 3-4% shell restoration along repaired cracks and fractures. Most of the restoration is on the tail.

Photo of the Vilpovitsy quarry near St. Petersburg, Russia, where this trilobite was found.
Photo of the Vilpovitsy quarry near St. Petersburg, Russia, where this trilobite was found.

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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SPECIES
Valdaites limatus
LOCATION
Vilpovitsy Quarry, St. Petersburg region, Russia
FORMATION
Asery Level
SIZE
2.75" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#165439
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