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ARISTOHARPES TRILOBITE LAB PREPPED - Atlas Mountain Range, Morocco

DEVONIAN PERIOD:  395 - 345 million years ago

As a great model for a futuristic spaceship design, the Aristoharpes is one of the most artfully streamlined trilobites that ever existed in the Devonian.  Its graceful genal spines sweep back to seemingly protect as they envelope its thorax and its central cephalon (head) sits way up above the wide flange of its free cheeks and surrounding border.  This is a very rare trilobite to find in a fine quality with no restoration or serious deterioration.  

Simply breath-taking!  You can't help gazing at the beauty of this amazing example and certainly ranking as probably the finest Aristoharpes we have ever had.  This award-winning example was prepared by us in our own lab with modern micro-abrasive equipment.  It is very large at nearly 2" long.  The creature is enrolled in the death pose, a position that is believed to be the posture trilobites took when endangered or in death similar to a modern day pill bug.  The surface and inflation are incredible and we can proudly claim this magnificent specimen has absolutely not a speck of restoration anywhere on it.  The thorax is extremely finely detailed with each and every segment, a positive indication no fakery exists as this detail is not reproduced in such restoration like it looks in the real examples.  The surface of the specimen is very well-preserved and naturally colored a dark olive green.  The genal spines sweep back and are still supported on the matrix but in an open presentation with a large area completely free of matrix inside these sweeping spines.

This is truly a spectacular Aristoharpes and looks even better than the images.  Again, NO RESTORATION and such a remarkable state of preservation and labor-intensive preparation makes this beyond "museum grade".

BAR NONE, ONE OF THE BEST NO RESTORATION EXAMPLES WE HAVE EVER SEEN!

3.5" long and 3.25" wide with original matrix, animal 1.9" in length

SOLD     TR3101     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only

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