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PARADOXIDES NATURAL DOUBLE TRILOBITE BED Anti-Atlas Region, Morocco CAMBRIAN PERIOD: 543 - 510 million years ago At the northern fringe of the Sahara Desert there are Cambrian deposits that produce the largest type of trilobite called the Paradoxides sp. Because of its impressive size and appearance, it is very common with collectors but the great majority of examples are either faked or heavily restored such that there is less than 20% of the real creature present. This specimen is a true rarity as one of our miners discovered a rare seam of superbly preserved specimens a few years ago and realizing the importance of the find, we acquired nearly all that were uncovered. Of 104 specimens, only 6 were found where multiple creatures were associated in a displayable manner such as this spectacular example. The Paradoxides that we retrieved from this pocket were the finest specimens found in the last many years and extremely rare. Even more rare were the multiples. This incredible NATURAL DOUBLE of Paradoxides displays two side by side creatures partially overlapping and at different layers. The larger specimen below is with 100% GENUINE and rivals the finest type in any museum or private collection. The smaller one is above this larger trilobite and rock has been removed to show both and a portion left to show the divide at different levels in the slab. There is some restoration to the cephalon and middle of the genal spine of the smaller creature but the tip of the genal spine is completely authentic and this restoration does not detract it as considerable evidence in the rock is present to provide proof of the genuineness of the animal. THIS SPECIMEN IS MUCH BETTER THAN APPEARS IN THE PHOTOS! This is the only side by side double we collected from the find and is not only a fantastic and very large display fossil but is very educational and of the highest grade with much of the limestone around the animals unchiseled and left to show VERY RARE NATURAL IMPRESSIONS of the pygidium and pleural spines even down to their most extreme tips. All this is visible in the rock and shown in the last close-up images above. Many of these features are almost never present regardless of how good a Paradoxides fossil is. This is a very well-suited example for a public display of an educational facility or museum along with a first rate private collection. Examples like this are VERY seldom available for sale. The last image and fourth to the last is of the region where the two trilobites meet. This solid area of limestone is obvious proof that these are not two artificially joined trilobites as nearly every multiple specimen sold usually is. The close-up images of the detail of both specimens shows the beautiful and seldom seen state of preservation that dominates the fossil. A thin clear preservative has been applied over each creature to protect there rare natural features. EXCEEDINGLY RARE IN THIS FORM AND A NATURAL DOUBLE! 18.25" x 18.25" with original matrix, animals 14" and 11.25" in length $1995 TR128 INCLUDES STAND Actual Item - One Only |
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