Scientific Name: Paradoxides sp.
Common Name: trilobite

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Age: Upper Cambrian
Locality: Morocco
Source: Friends of the Geology Museum 1992
Notes: These were very large trilobites, some reaching lengths of 50 cm (20 in) or more.
The upper trilobite is about 35 cm (14 in) long.


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