DROTOPS MEGALOMANICUS TRILOBITE LAB PREPPED - Atlas Mountains, Morocco

DEVONIAN PERIOD:  395 - 345 million years ago

Genuine specimens of the spectacular Drotops megalomanicus are becoming harder and harder to come by.  We were quite pleased to be able to find such a beautiful and rare example and have lab prepped it to bring out all its wonderful detail.  This investment grade, lab-prepped example IS truly a WHOPPER!  The matrix is all original with the only two fractures repaired sustained in the technique of how these are found.  Breaking the trilobite-bearing rock is the only way trilobites in this type of formation can be located.  Other than two small regions of the body that have been repaired and restored along the cracks, there is NO RESTORATION to the rest of the specimen.  Detail throughout is fantastic and eye detail is original and in superb shape.  Right eye (shown) is immaculate and left eye has a small area missing but the majority of the  lenses of that eye are also intact and highly detailed.

Because these are such desirable specimens for their sheer size and effect of display, it is quite common to assemble a resin cast of one onto a genuine rock base that came from the region.  This is also becoming more common to find good fakes due in part to their increasing rarity.  This specimen is genuine and the matrix it is on is its original rock as found

This can be proudly displayed with the finest of specimens for the connoisseur.  The entire specimen has been meticulously cleaned and prepped here in our facility in the U.S.  A black protective coating has been applied to bring out the detail of the creature.

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND INVESTMENT GRADE

7.25" long and 5.5" wide with original matrix, trilobite is 5.5" in length and 3" in width.

SOLD     TR1002     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only