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3.9" Large, Flying Crotalocephalina Trilobite - Lghaft, Morocco
This is an impressive, 3.9" long specimen of Crotalocephalina gibbus from Lghaft, Morocco. Nice preparation and shell detail. It has been prepared in a "flying" pose by removing nearly all of the surrounding limestone. This leaves it floating above the rock on a pedestal. The preparation takes lot of time but the results are quite spectacular. This specimen is very large for the species and comes from an unusual locality for the species. It has no restoration.
About Trilobites
Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet: over 25,000 species have been described, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to their hard exoskeletons (shells), they left an excellent fossil record.
Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet: over 25,000 species have been described, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to their hard exoskeletons (shells), they left an excellent fossil record.
$495
SPECIES
Crotalocephalina (Crotalocephalus) gibbus
LOCATION
Lghaft, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
3.9" long
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#350506
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