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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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Fossil Trilobite
Amphyxina bellatula
Ordovician, 450 Million years ago
Maquoketa Formation
Pike County, Missouri
Trilobites are
approximately 1/4" to 3/8" in length.
Included case
measures 1.75" in diameter.
Let us pick one
for you!
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #1 Andalusiana
sp.
Cambrian period, 525 million years ago
Anti-Atlas Region, Northern
Sahara Desert, Morocco
Measures 11.5" high x 18" wide.
5" deep as displayed.
Stand included
SOLD
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Fossil
Trilobite #2 Psychopyge with small
Phacops
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Measures 7.75" high x 6.25" wide
Stand Included
$700.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #3 Morocconites
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 4.75" L x 3.75" W
Trilobite measures 3.5" long
Stand Included
$250.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #4 Paralejurus
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 3" L x 3" W
Trilobite measures 2" long
Stand Included
$225.
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Trilobite #5 Astropyge
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 5" L x 4" W
Trilobite measures 2.5" long
Stand Included
$250.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #6 Comura
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 4.75" L x 4.25" W
Trilobite measures 2.5" long
Stand Included
$225.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #7 Ceratarges
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 4" L x 3.5" W
Stand Included
$250.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #8 Dicranurus monstrosus with
small Phacops
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Megrane Formation, Morocco
Matrix measures 4" L x 4" W
Stand Included
$250.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #9 Psychopyge
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 4.5" L x 4" W
Stand Included
$250.
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Fossil Trilobite #10
Paradoxides sp.
Cambrian period, 525 million years ago
Anti-Atlas Region, Northern
Sahara Desert, Morocco
Measures 13" high x 11" wide
$250.
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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LARGE RARE
MOROCCAN TRILOBITE
Fossil Trilobite #11
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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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #12 Metacanthina
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 4" L x 3.25" W
Stand Included
$275.
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #13 Thysanopeltis
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 4" L x 3" W
Stand Included
SOLD
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #14 Odontochile
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 3.5" L x 2.25" W
Stand Included
SOLD
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NEW Fossil
Trilobite #15 Otarion
Devonian, 360 million years ago
Northern Sahara Desert, Morocco
Matrix measures 3" L x 2" W
Stand Included
SOLD
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Fossil Trilobite #TRD3 Dicranurus
monstrosus
Devonian 360 million years ago
Megrane Formation, Morocco
$1,500.
Matrix measures 3.5"h x 4" w
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.
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Fossil Trilobite #TRK1
Koneprusia
Devonian 360 million years ago
Morocco
Matrix measures 3.5" h x 4" w
$1,500.
Call 321.783.7300 for information on our many fantastic
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Fossil Trilobite #TRO2
Odontochile
Devonian 360 million years ago
Morocco
Matrix measures 4" h x 3" w
$1,500.
Call
321.783.7300 for information on our many fantastic
trilobites! |
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