TRILOBITE PRESERVED IN A NODULE - 450 million years old - Atlas Mountains, Morocco
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450 million years old
(Ordovician period)
Tazoulait, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
A good example of a fossil trilobite preserved within a nodule. It is unusual to see trilobite fossils from Morocco preserved in this way. They are usually available only as individual specimens.
The two halves can be refitted together precisely.
Size: 6 x 5 x 3 centimetres
(whole nodule when reassembled)
Weight: 103 grams