Trilobite (morocco) Scutellum pusch 1833 c300myo Devonian , North Africa

This is a rarer type of trilobite but in this size and detail, even rarer. The form and detail is exceptionally with the individual spines laid out around the body, superb fossil.
Scutellum, discoverd in Atlas mountains, Morocco dating back to the Devonian era around 360 million years ago. Scutellum was a deep sea dwelling trilobite, we know this from characteristics such as the smaller eyes which are less prominent than other species of its kind. Trilobites are an extinct anthropod that form the class Trilobita. These animals lived on the sea beds and were eradicated during the mass extinction at the end of the Permian era around 250 million years ago. This is a well detailed specimen with nice eye detail and colour.

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.