PARADOXIDES TRILOBITE - Anti-Atlas Mountain Range, South Morocco

CAMBRIAN PERIOD:  543 - 510 million years ago

There are three major locations in Morocco where the largest trilobite called Paradoxides are found.  One area is known for its orange specimens, one for the dark brown specimens and one where the rare brownish black specimens are found.  While the orange are more prevalent on the market, nearly every one has been artificially colored.  Here is a rare opportunity to acquire a GENUINE NATURAL ORANGE COLOR specimen!!!  To find an unaltered orange Paradoxides that still retains it's warm orange limonite pigment on the fossil is quite a find to discriminating collectors.  We guarantee that the pigment on this rarity is authentic and to ensure such a feature is protected for years to come, we have only chemically stabilized the surface with an invisible sealer.

Several years ago, our diggers hit a once-in-a-lifetime find and opened a large pocket that produced a multitude of some of the finest preserved Paradoxides in memory.  Realizing the extreme rarity in the discovery, we secured the entire deposit.  Nearly all of the ultra-rare REAL multiples you see elsewhere on this site were part of that find.  This specimen is also part of that pocket and we are quite sure that such an opportunity to uncover this quality again will not present itself.

This remarkable Paradoxides can boast of having only approximately 5% - 6% restoration, limited to areas on the genal spines, free cheeks, left cephalon and scattered tips of some pleural spines.  Even most of the original limestone is intact and present and can be easily seen when this slab is viewed from the back side.  The third from the last image shows wonderful inflation and detail in this original region of the cephalon including an intact eye.  Overall, the creature has excellent detail and relief.  This premium grade trilobite specimen is of the finest we currently offer and is highly recommended.  We strongly urge anyone wanting a choice grade version of Paradoxides from the Sahara to act on this one! 

A CHOICE AND TOP-GRADE ORANGE SPECIMEN!  SO MANY ARE FAKE - HERE'S ONE THAT IS REAL!

14.25" long x 13" wide with matrix, creature is 12.25" long x 10.5" wide

$1595     TR127    INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only

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