3" Inflated Wendorfia Trilobite - Jebel Boulachral, Morocco

This is a rarely offered trilobite from Morocco of the species Wendorfia (Parahomalonotus) planas. This specimen is quite large for the species at 3" long and is inflated. It looks like it is ready to crawl right off of the rock. It's small eyes protruding above it's head can easily be seen.

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
Wendorfia (Parahomalonotus) planas
LOCATION
Jebel Boulachral, Morocco
SIZE
3" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#169651
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