Trilobite Drotops Fossil
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These are often a 3 dimensional trilobite found in a dark grey rock. Included in these trilobites are cornuproetus, certain smaller phacops, metacanthina, reedops, gerastos, paralajurus, otarion, leonaspis, psychopyge, scutellum, homalonotus, acastid, aristoharpes, lobopyge, heliopyge, neometacanthina, kayserops, treveropyge, to name a few. In all there are several hundred different types of trilobites that fall into this category.
Like other trilobites, these all have a cephalon (head), a thorax (body), and a pygidium (tail). The creature was protected by a hard calcite shell and this is what remains to this day. The shell would not grow with the creature so the shell molted away several times during the creature’s lifetime. Thus one trilobite may have left several fossils during its lifetime.
The trilobite is the first creature known to have eyes. The eyes on many Devonian age trilobites may be very detailed and unique. Devonian age means that the fossils are between 345 million and 395 million years old.
Like other fossils, the trilobites require a lot of work in cleaning and preparing the pieces for display. May you enjoy your fossil, as it is a scientific find as well as a link to our distant past. Fossils are to be treasured and preserved for future generations.
Trilobite in Matrix: Approx. 48 mm x 22 mm x 13 mm
Exposure to water and other chemicals, such as cleaning products or aerosols, will damage it over time. If you polish this product, use a dry cloth only, or an air duster that does not contain any disinfectant or other chemicals.
Included: 1 Trilobite
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