ASTEROPYGE TRILOBITE LAB PREPPED - Mt. Issoumour - Atlas Mountains, Morocco

DEVONIAN PERIOD:  395 - 345 million years ago

This fantastic example of the Asteropyge trilobite has been meticulously lab-prepped with micro-abrasives to reveal superb detail and fine preservation.  Asteropyge trilobites were shallow-dwelling marine animals that crawled across the prehistoric ocean floors nearly 400 million years ago.  They possess a unique, somewhat pointed cephalon with a single, small occipital spine.  Their pygidium is also pointed in shape and quite intricate and they sport fairly large compound eyes.  The pygidium is slightly disarticulated from the thorax.  This is not a composite but a completely genuine and unaltered example.

This excellent fossil trilobite was hand-selected for its choice quality and then carefully micro-blasted with state-of-the-art equipment to truly bring out the best in the specimen.  There is absolutely no restoration of any kind and even the finely detailed compound eyes can be clearly seen in BOTH eyes.  Another wonderful feature is the highly-prized natural and original red limestone that the trilobite is on.  This is only found in the famous red layers of Mt. Issoumour in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.  

AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY SPECIMEN WITH AAA GRADE PREPARATION AND PRESERVATION

4.5" long and 3.5" wide with original matrix, animal 2.15" in length

SOLD    TR2302L     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only  

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