CROTALOCEPHALUS TRILOBITE LAB PREPPED

Atlas Mountain Range (Northern Sahara Desert), South Morocco

DEVONIAN PERIOD:  395 - 345 million years ago

More and more, as time goes by, quality trilobites from the Devonian limestone deposits of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco are getting harder to locate.  This large and beautifully preserved Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) gibbus species is quite a superb example and a must have for the collector demanding quality.  It has been micro-blasted and carefully hand-prepared for the best preparation of the creature.  Gorgeous naturally occurring PINK limestone matrix hosts the dark olive green creature.  Positioning of the trilobite is perfectly outstretched and well-centered on the matrix.  Fine detail abounds with crisp pleural spines and excellent overall inflation for a very high relief display specimen.

A bizarre and fascinating species of the Cheiruridae order of trilobites, the Crotalocephalus (Crotalocephalina)  trilobite is an ugly duckling yet, desirable addition to any collector's cabinet.  With it's fat, bulbous snout, tiny eyes and strange raised surfaces down its lobes, the Crotalocephalus trilobite is one of our personal favorites.

SIMPLY A GORGEOUS, QUALITY EXAMPLE AND LARGE! - TOP COLOR AND DETAIL! 

5.25" x 3.7" overall with original matrix, trilobite 3.5" in length

SOLD     TR13-001     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only

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