A TRILOBITE PSYCHOPYGE

A TRILOBITE
MOROCCO

Trilobite Psychopyge sp., (11.4 cm long), Devonian (circa 408-393 million years ago). A beautifully prepared specimen, presented under a custom vitrine.

Trilobites are a class of marine arachnomorph arthropods that inhabited the seas during the Paleozoic Era, from the Cambrian through the Permien period. They existed in oceans for over 300 million years, with last of them disappearing during the mass extinction at the end of the Permien period, 250 million years ago —making them one of the most successful species to ever live. With its multitude of spines, in particular those arching over the eyes, this trilobite has the appearance of an alien creature, making it hard to imagine it imagine that they once inhabited our planet in multitudes.

LITERATURE:
Pierre Morzadec, "Asteropyginae Trilobites from the Devonian of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco)", 2001.

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