Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor
Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Mor

Metacanthina issoumourensis, Trilobite fossil, Devonian 393.3-382.7 ma. Morocco, Jebel Issoumour.
Complete fossil measures approx- 91mm x 80mm x 37mm. Trilobite measure approx- 49mm x 27mm. All measurements taken at the widest points.
£190.00

Each fossil is one of a kind, but a similar fossil may still be available to purchase.

Metacanthina is not a rare Trilobite but in this condition, detail and size it is. This Trilobite has almost perfect eye detail and each segment is clear and well defined. Metacanthina is a genus of Trilobite in the order phacopeda that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian between 393-382 million years ago and can be recognised by its unusual characteristic dorsal type fin situated at the base of the head, in this fossil it is in tact and complete. This is a high grade fossil, with lots of detail and has a good shape and size with an excellent pose. 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)

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

Food- aquatic worms, plankton and possibly algae.