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 beautiful Crotalocephalus gibbus is an excellent example and recommended for the discriminating collector.  The trilobite has a bright natural olive hue and very full inflation.  Its pose makes for an interesting display with a slight bend at the pygidium imparting a sense of movement in the fossil.  It has been micro-blasted and carefully hand-prepared for the best preparation of the creature.  Genuine limestone matrix is intact.  The entire specimen is with NO RESTORATION!  A highly recommended genuine specimen.

A bizarre and fascinating species, the Crotalocephalus (Crotalocephalina)  trilobite is an ugly 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.

GORGEOUS BLENDS OF BRIGHT AND DARK OLIVES ON THIS WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE 

4.75" and 3.25" wide with original matrix, trilobite 2.7' in length

SOLD     TR1303     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only 

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