Trilobite
Calymene Trilobite
Origin: Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Devonian Period, 390myo
Roughly 8cm x 5cm in Size
** Each piece is unique so may vary in size & colour
TRILOBITE
Trilobites are the most commonly found fossil arthropods, the family of animals that includes spiders, insects and crustaceans, all having jointed legs and an outer hard skeleton. They bear a strong resemblance to modern woodlice. All trilobites were marine, some could swim and float, others forms were blind, possibly living in deep water, but most forms were shallow water dwellers. They are most commonly found preserved in limestone and shale. They range in size from only a few millimeter's to several tens of centimeter's in length. They first appeared during the Cambrian Period, about 550 million years ago and become extinct in the Permian Period 280 million years ago.
