Leonaspis Trilobite Fossil DX1855 Online

Leonaspis Trilobite Fossil DX1855

Trilobite Fossil
Approx. Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 inches
Approx. Weight: 123 grams
Leonaspis Trilobite
Hamar L’Aghdad Limestones
Djebel Issoumour Area
Anti-Atlas Mts., Morocco
Middle Devonian Age (380 million yrs)

Acrylic base and mineral putty are not included.

This is a genuine trilobite fossil from Morocco that has been prepared by an expert. Great care was taken to remove the hard matrix and expose as much detail as possible from this little trilobite.

Trilobites (meaning “three lobes”) are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period (521 million years ago) and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic before slipping into a long decline, when, during the Devonian, all trilobite orders except the Proetida died out. The last extant trilobites finally disappeared in the mass extinction at the end of the Permian about 252 million years ago. Trilobites were among the most successful of all early animals, existing in oceans for almost 270 million years, with over 22,000 species having been described.

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