{"product_id":"trilobite-hinged-frame-wall-mount-fossil-statement-specimen","title":"Acadoparadoxides Trilobite - Hinged Frame Wall Mount - Fossil Statement Specimen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMined from\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e Jbel Wawrmast Formation, Anti-Atlas Mountains, southern Morocco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: Cambrian\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeological Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: 505–510 mya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e This one of a kind \u003cem\u003eAcadoparadoxides levisettii\u003c\/em\u003e trilobite fossil specimen from Morocco features a very large, articulated trilobite preserved across a broad oval slab of sedimentary matrix. The fossil shows a wide cephalon, long segmented thorax, and numerous curved pleural ribs extending toward the sides of the body. Its brown to rust-brown fossil material contrasts with the grey-green matrix, and the large size makes the body structure easy to see from a distance. The specimen is mounted in a custom hinged black metal wall frame, allowing both fossil faces to be displayed and opened for closer viewing.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcadoparadoxides levisettii\u003c\/em\u003e was a large paradoxidid trilobite that lived during the Cambrian Period, when trilobites were among the most common and diverse animals in the world's oceans. This species is associated with Cambrian marine deposits of the Anti-Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco, an area well known for large paradoxidid trilobites. These animals lived on or near the seafloor more than 500 million years ago and belonged to an early group of marine arthropods that flourished long before vertebrates became dominant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpiritually, trilobite fossils are often associated with resilience, adaptability, protection, grounding, and learning from the past. Their long evolutionary history and segmented armor are sometimes used symbolically to represent persistence through change and maintaining structure during difficult periods. These associations are traditional and symbolic rather than scientifically established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuantity\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1pc (stand included)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe do our best to buy quality products- although not every rock is the same. If you choose to purchase the \"staff pick option\", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morocco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49149640442026,"sku":null,"price":3300.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/7158\/3658\/files\/Trilobite-HingedFrame-WallMount-Fossil-12.jpg?v=1787870085","url":"https:\/\/rubblerockandgem.com\/es\/products\/trilobite-hinged-frame-wall-mount-fossil-statement-specimen","provider":"Rubble Rock And Gem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}