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5.6" Prone Drotops Trilobite
This is a 5.6" long, perfectly prone example of the gigantic phacopid trilobite Drotops megalomanicus which is quarried from Issoumour, Morocco. It's very 3D with good eye facet preservation. Like many of the drotops it does have some shell restoration, between 5-10%. Most of it is on the last few segments of the thorax, as well as a patch on the front of the head.
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco showing the hard limestone layers being worked.
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco. The quarry following the horizon where this trilobites are found extends several kilometers around the mountain.
How a Drotops might be found in the field, with part of the tail exposed in the broken rock. It would then be prepared using airscribes and air abrasives a process that would likely take 20+ hours for a good specimen..
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco showing the hard limestone layers being worked.
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco. The quarry following the horizon where this trilobites are found extends several kilometers around the mountain.
How a Drotops might be found in the field, with part of the tail exposed in the broken rock. It would then be prepared using airscribes and air abrasives a process that would likely take 20+ hours for a good specimen..
SPECIES
Drotops megalomanicus
AGE
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
5.6" Long
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#14945
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