3.5" Stalk-Eyed, Asaphus Punctatus Trilobite - Russia

This is a 3.5" example of the stalked eyed trilobite Asaphus punctatus. It comes from the Gostlitsy Quarry in the St. Petersburg region of Russia. It has been prepared so that it looks ready to crawl off the rock. There are some patches of shell restoration where the shell fractured during collection.

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
Asaphus punctatus
LOCATION
Gostlitsy Quarry, St. Petersburg region, Russia
FORMATION
Asery level
SIZE
3.5" long, 5 x 3.3"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#179193
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