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 breath-taking Crotalocephalus gibbus is a pure gem of a fossil trilobite.  With its natural gold hue and very full inflation and pose, this would be a hard specimen to beat.  This example represents a unique occurrence in the formation of the limestone fossil where the head of this trilobite has been preserved in a bright yellow gold hue then softly transitioning to olive as you move back toward the posterior of the creature.  We highly recommend this Crotalocephalus for the collector demanding quality AND uniqueness.  It has been micro-blasted and carefully hand-prepared for the best preparation of the creature.  Genuine limestone matrix is intact and of a warm light golden brown hue.  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.

INCREDIBLE NATURAL GOLD HUE AS IF KING MIDAS TOUCHED THIS ONE HIMSELF! 

3.75" and 2.2" wide with original matrix, trilobite 2.5' in length

SOLD     TR1304     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only 

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