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Bargain, Bumpy, Enrolled Drotops Trilobite - 4" Around
This is an enrolled specimen of the large phacopid trilobite Drotops megalomanicus. It's 2.65 wide and would be around 4" long if outstretched. It has been completely removed from the surrounding limestone and all of the surface detail including the bumps covering it's head and tail and many eye facets can easily be seen. The tail is slightly disarticulated and the preparation is a bit rough in areas, hence the bargain price. Shell restoration is less than 5%, mostly along repaired cracks the rim of the head.
One of the most striking features of this trilobites is the large schizochroal (multi-faceted) eyes which would have given it a nearly 360 degree field of vision. It also has a very bumpy exoskeleton, in particularly on it's head.
One of the most striking features of this trilobites is the large schizochroal (multi-faceted) eyes which would have given it a nearly 360 degree field of vision. It also has a very bumpy exoskeleton, in particularly on it's head.
SPECIES
Drotops megalomanicus
AGE
LOCATION
Issoumour, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
2.65" wide, 4" around curve
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#100104
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