Giant 4.35" Crotalocephalina Trilobite - Largest I've Seen

This is one of those trilobite specimens that makes you say, "wow they really do look like little aliens". It's a fantastically prepared Crotalocephalina gibbus from near Lghaft, Morocco. What makes this particular specimen so special is it was prepared in a "flying" pose by removing most of the rock from underneath so that it is perched on a pedestal. Even much of the matrix was removed from underneath all of the pleural spines. This would have taken DOZENS of hours of preparation work by a very skilled preparator under microscope.

The specimen is large for the species at 4.35" which is massive, and the largest complete example I've seen. Simply spectacular.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Crotalocephalina (Crotalocephalus) gibbus
LOCATION
Lghaft, Morocco
FORMATION
Lhandar Formation
SIZE
4.35" long
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#26597
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