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 as getting harder to locate.  This 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 colored dark olive green creature has a tinge of olive gold on its head.  Positioning of the trilobite is fascinating in its 'roller coaster' articulation and is 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 IN A COOL 'ROLLER COASTER' POSE! 

3.7" x 3" overall with original matrix, trilobite 2.75" in length

$225     TR13-002     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only 

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