uncommon trilobite, Dechenella burmeisteri. Devonian age, North Africa

This trilobite is a good size at 30mm long if outstretched, this species of trilobite is nearly at full size. It has nice segmented detail with a clear cut professional preparation. Dechenella burmeisteri is a genus of Trilobite in the order Proetid that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian between 393-382 million years ago. These types of trilobites are a rarity and are found at Tafilait, Djebel Oufaten, Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Trilobites were a species of sea creatures that forreged on the bottom of the oceans, becoming extinct approx 250 million years ago.

Name meaning- 3 lobed

Group- Anthropod

Class- Trilobita 

Habitat- Trilobites inhabited all depths of the sea depending on species.

Period- Spanning the Cambrian to the Permian. (521-252 million years ago)

Length- ranges between 1mm to 72cm

Predators- Large invertebrates such as Nautiloids, Predatory worms, sea scorpions and Crusraeceans.

Food- aquatic worms, plankton and possibly algae.