3.1" Cambrian Trilobite (Myopsolenites) - Tinjdad, Morocco

This is a rarely seen, Middle Cambrian trilobite from Morocco, Myopsolenites boutiouiti. It comes from the Brèche à Micmacca Member of the Jbel Wawrmast Formation near Toughach, Morocco. There is some restoration on the spines and the border of its head.

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
Myopsolenites boutiouiti (Geyer and Landing, 2004)
LOCATION
Toughach, Tinjdad, Morocco
FORMATION
Jbel Wawrmast Formation
SIZE
3.1" long, 5x4.5" rock
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#141885
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