FINE GRADE ASAPHUS TRILOBITE LAB PREPPED - Anti-Atlas Mountain Range, South Morocco

ORDOVICIAN PERIOD:  510 million years ago

Regarding Ordovician fossils, this is such a rare specimen and type to acquire.  Regardless of how many trips we make or have our on site contacts search for us we are only finding a few genuine specimens every couple of years from ANY world source!  Realizing the quality and rarity, we fully prepared the specimen in our lab in Orlando, Florida and the result is spectacular!

This is a fantastic specimen of an Asaphid trilobite.  The inflation is fantastic and exhibits excellent high relief across the creature.  The majority of the original carapace is present.  Original limestone host rock is present and is quite thick making for an incredible display fossil.  The matrix has been blasted smooth and fully cleaned.  This contrasts beautifully with the natural multi-hued tones of the trilobite.  

Seldom seen anymore in the market, when they are offered, Asaphid trilobites are almost always composites of a head, body and tail of different creatures or in many cases, mostly fake.  This extremely impressive specimen is entirely one animal and has not been composited or heavily restored which makes it truly a very rare specimen for this type.  The entire creature is fully articulated and exhibits full inflation along with wonderful detail and preservation.  This fossil looks much better and is not as rough as appears in the images above.  The coloring is completely natural.  The eyes are both genuine and intact, VERY RARE!  Only approximately 2% restoration has been performed, mainly to the right genal spine and right corner of the pygidium.  The left genal spine, glabella, free cheeks along with the rest of the body and pygidium are complete and genuine.  If you ever see one of these, you will know this is rare as most are fake to begin with.  The limestone slab is the original repaired host rock of the trilobite.

Here's a seldom seen trilobite that makes a fantastic display fossil for it's rarity, natural condition and impressive size on its thick and original rock matrix.  This trilobite type is surely to appreciate as the extremely  limited supply continues to dwindle as evidenced by the already lack of fine examples found in today's market.

EXCELLENT GENUINE SPECIMEN OF A TYPE OFTEN FAKED AND STILL,

RARELY FOUND IN TODAY'S TRILOBITE MARKET!

8.5" long x 6.25" wide with matrix, creature is 6.5" in length x 4.6" in width

SOLD     TR9-001     INCLUDES STAND     Actual Item - One Only 

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