Age:Middle Devonian period, approximately 400 to 393 million years ago
Location: Aferdou El Mrakib Formation, Morocco
Specimen Size: 76mm x 76mm x 422mm Approximately
Trilobite Size: 21mm x 27mm Approximately
Weight: 230 gram
More than 400 million years ago, Earth’s oceans teemed with life unlike anything seen today. Among these ancient marine creatures lived the Morocops trilobite — an armoured seafloor dweller that thrived in prehistoric seas for millions of years.
This fossil beautifully preserves the trilobite’s distinct segmented body and ribbed exoskeleton, designed to protect it from predators and environmental challenges. Its complex compound eyes — among the most advanced of early marine animals — allowed it to sense its surroundings with remarkable efficiency.
Trilobites were masters of adaptation, developing a wide range of defensive and behavioural strategies. Some burrowed into sediment, others swam, and many evolved specialised body structures to survive in diverse environments.
Their long reign ended during the catastrophic Permian mass extinction, but their fossils remain preserved in ancient seabeds across the globe — especially in Morocco, renowned for exceptional trilobite discoveries.
This Morocops trilobite is an authentic fragment of deep time — a true survivor of Earth’s ancient oceans.
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