Wheeler Shale Trilobite - SOLD 3.98" relics taking down prey with its

taking down prey with its hook-like claws and devouring them with their serrated teeth

It's been used across human history both as fashioned tools and in its pigment form as ochre for cave painting

Covered in rows of bony plates and wielding a powerful clubbed tail

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Wheeler Shale Trilobite - SOLD 3.98" relics taking down prey with itsThe Cambrian Explosion brought new life and diversity to the ocean. 521,000,000 years ago, the first trilobites emerged in the fossil record thanks to this evolutionary event. With a tough exoskeleton, trilobites were one of the earliest known arthropods and quickly spread across the planet thanks to their incredible adaptability. This specimen is a complete 3. 98" trilobite fossil from the Elrathia kingii species, recovered from Utah's Wheeler Shale