Three snaps and a twist

Trilobite from Madagascar, the strand has tiger's eye beads, black polished stones, pewter pieces, and glass beads. Enjoy this display of history.Tilobite means three lobes. They are a group of extinct marine arachnomorph arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period (521 million years ago), and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before beginning a drawn-out decline to extinction when, during the Devonian, all trilobite orders except the Proetids died out. Trilobites disappeared in the mass extinction at the end of the Permian about 252 million years ago. The trilobites were among the most successful of all early animals, existing in oceans for over 300 million years.Trilobite, wire, tiger's eye, glass beads, pewter. This amazing slice of our past will do well indoor or outside.