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Aesthetic, 2.4" Hollardops Trilobite - Excellent Eyes
This is a nicely prepared, 2.4" long Hollardops mesocristata from Issoumour, Morocco. It's arched upwards and much of the limestone has been removed from underneath the front half of the trilobite so it displays very aesthetically. There is about 2-3% shell restoration along repaired cracks, mostly on the left side of the 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.
SPECIES
Hollardops mesocristata
AGE
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
SIZE
2.4" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#57776
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