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TRILOBITE FOSSIL

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A great example of a Phacops Trilobite Fossil showing good detail.

Location:
Hamar L’aghdad Limestone deposits of Djbel Issoumour, Moroccan Sahara.

Dimensions:
7cm x 5cm x 2.5cm (not including matrix), 382g.

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TRILOBITE FOSSIL

TRILOBITE FOSSIL

A great example of a Phacops Trilobite Fossil showing good detail.
Trilobite Phacops
Phacops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae.  They lived in Europe, northwestern Africa, North America and China from the early until the very end of the Devonian.  It was a rounded animal, with a globose head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus.  Phacops is often found rolled up, a biological defense mechanism that is widespread among smaller trilobites but nearly perfected in this genus.  Approx 350 million years old.
Trilobites are extinct antrhopods.  Their black colour is due to the chemical processes affecting the rock, causing the animals to petrify entirely.  Their habitat was salt water.

Location:
Hamar L’aghdad Limestone deposits of Djbel Issoumour, Moroccan Sahara.

Dimensions:
7cm x 5cm x 2.5cm (not including matrix), 382g.

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