Hollardops Trilobite

Specimen approx. size: 2" x 1.5"

Matrix approx. size: 3.5" x 3"

Trilobite, any member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed, three-segmented form. Trilobites, exclusively marine animals, first appeared at the beginning of the Cambrian Period, about 542 million years ago, when they dominated the seas.