Group Trilobites

4 Trilobites on a piece of limestone. Beautiful prepared.

This is a very well prepared group of Cyphaspis trilobites from Ofaten, Morocco. Much of its bodies are covered in small spines. The genal and axial spines have been free-stood with limestone left in place to provide extra support.

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 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.

  • 12 × 10 cm

    410 Million years old

    Under Devon Period

  • Dos & Bertie Winkel collection

  • Ofaten, Morocco

  • € 550,—