Calymene Trilobite Fossil from Morocco - Sold As Seen - 6cms x 3cms - Collectors Specimen

This listing is for one, sold as seen, totally unique Calymene Trilobite fossil specimen from Morocco. The perfect addition to any fossil collection.

The Calymene trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods, with over 25,000 recorded species'. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian Period (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian Period mass extinction (250 million years ago). Their success and longevity is believed in part to be due to a hard exoskeleton (shell), which meant they they left an excellent fossil record. They had a distinctive three-lobed body structure with a wide head and a thorax consisting of 13 segments.

This sold as seen Calymene Trilobite fossil is from Morocco and measures approx. 6cms x 3cms x 1.5cms and weighs approx. 33g.  

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PLEASE NOTE: This specimen is in its natural form, so needs to be handled with extra care as it is fragile. Shedding of small pieces, inclusions and markings are all normal and just part of the natural specimen.