Trilobite Replica Educational Version

These beautiful, detailed, replicas are designed not only to appeal to discerning collectors, but also to help support the educational needs of our public schools and universities. Our lightweight, polystone castings are derived from the same authentic fossils as our premium replica line. Each fossil replica comes packaged in a protective, clear, poly bag with an informative, faux, vintage label.

Trilobite, meaning 'three lobes', occupied different levels of the food web including predator, scavenger, and prey. Trilobites molted their exoskeleton much like lobsters of today and are one of the first animals known to have the sense of vision. Trilobites vary widely in size and shape. They can be so small that they need to be viewed with a microscope. They can also be quite large growing up to two feet long. They are typically found by splitting sheets of shale and hard limestone deposits.