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The name, trilobite, comes from the three distinct portions of their segmented body. The hard exoskeleton allowed good preservation as a fossil and served as defensive armor, but had to be shed periodically as the animal grew. These many legged arthropods roamed the sandy bottoms of the seas and coral reefs in search of food. The trilobite is the earliest animal known to possess vision. The remarkable construction and preservation of trilobite eyes enable scientists to study the development of a sensory organ which is only rarely preserved in other organisms. As a group, trilobites survived for more than three hundred million years, from the Cambrian to the Permian period. |
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Elrathia kingiiCambrian 500 Million Years Ago Wheeler Shale Delta, Utah $5 - $99 Authentic Over 100 to choose from |
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Dicranurus monstrosusDevonian 360 Million Years Ago Megrane Formation Morocco $250 - $350 Authentic Several to choose from |
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MOROCCAN TRILOBITE Selenopeltis sp. Ordovician 450 million years ago Morocco $650. Selenopeltis is a spectacularly large genus found in Morocco. The genus gets its name from the many flowing appendages of the thorax which give it the superficial look of hair.
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Psychopyge Devonian 360 million years ago Morocco SOLD Several other to choose from. A highly-prized trilobite species with its strange shovel-like protrusion off the anterior of the cephalon (head). It has been suggested that this appendage was used to root up food from the prehistoric ocean floor. |
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Phacops rana africanisDevonian 360 Million Years Ago Morocco $250. Matrix measures 7" long x 5" wide x 3" deep Trilobite measures 5.5" long x 2.5" wide x 1" deep Authentic |
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Andalusiana sp. Cambrian period, 525 million years ago Anti-Atlas Region, Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco $250. Matrix measures 12.25" high x 11.5" wide and approximately 1-2" thick Trilobites are 6-7" long The Cambropallas (aka Andalusiana) trilobite, is a staple in any fossil enthusiasts collection. |
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Paradoxides sp. Cambrian period, 525 million years ago Anti-Atlas Region, Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco $285. Matrix measures 16" high x 14" wide, and approximately 1-2" thick. Trilobite measures 13.5" high x 10.5" wide Paradoxides is one of the oldest and largest trilobites and one of the first creatures on the planet to develop sight. A large specimen and a great addition to any fossil collection. |
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Dicranurus
monstrosus Devonian 360 million years ago Megrane Formation, Morocco The Dicranurus monstrosus must have been one of the most terrifying trilobite to all its fellow invertebrates. It is well named looking like a "monster". Large and long spines protruding out from its creepy body, this bottom-dwelling creature of the prehistoric seas would have been a marvel to see alive creeping across the ocean floor. The Dicranurus monstrosus is one of the most sought-after species of rare spiny trilobites and very few authentic specimens ever make it to the public market. $2500.
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Forked Cumura Walliserops trifurcatus Devonian 380 million years ago Morocco The Walliserops trifurcatus trilobite (aka Forked Cumura) is one of the most fascinating and bizarre trilobites ever known from the Devonian limestone in Morocco.. It is theorized that the long, forked protrusion jutting out from the cephalon was used for stirring up the ocean floor as the creature scavenged for food. They were shallow-dwelling marine animals that crawled across the prehistoric ocean floors nearly 400 million years ago. $1850.
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Spiny Trilobite Cumura sp. Devonian 360 million years ago Morocco The Cumura trilobites are some of the most stunning types of trilobites to have ever inhabited the prehistoric seas. They are wondrous creatures with complex displays of spines and bizarre symmetry. $2800. |
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