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 and we have carefully hand-selected specimens that are worthy of lab preparation.  Each example has been meticulously freed from its matrix with micro-abrasive equipment to best expose the delicate detail.  Much more labor is involved but the end result is a much finer trilobite with excellent features preserved and ready for the finest display.  

In this day and age of unbelievable quantities of rampant fakes and heavily restored trilobites, these rare and seldom available specimens carry our unconditional guarantee of authenticity and genuineness of the creature and all will have NO RESTORATION.  

EXCELLENT GRADE SPECIMENS OF THIS VERY RARE TYPE

4" - 3" long and 4" - 2.75" wide with original matrix, animal 1.85" - 1.5" in length

from $145 to $495     TR31L     INCLUDES STAND