CAMBROPALLAS ( ANDALUSIANA ) TRILOBITE - Sahara Desert, North Africa

LOWER CAMBRIAN PERIOD:   543 - 510 million years ago

At nearly the size of small Paradoxides trilobite, this is one massive Cambropallas telesto trilobite, and in very rare, natural preservation!   Excavated from Cambrian sedimentary rock beds, this is one of the finest and largest you will find anywhere.  Amazingly, the original limestone slab that the fossil is on is complete albeit with repair sustained during excavation.  There is only approximately 5% restoration limited to the pygidium and outermost tips of the genal spines.  Natural dark brown limonite staining has been sealed with a clear preservant to protect the rare feature.  This is one super impressive specimen of a condition and size that is rarely found anymore. 

VERY RARE IN SUCH A LARGE SIZE AND LESS THAN 5% RESTORATION!!!

10.5" long and 9" wide with original matrix, animal 9" long by 7" wide

SOLD     TR208     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only

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