Lot 471
WALLISEROPS TRIDENT TRILOBITE. Walliserops is one of the more bizarre of the spiny trilobites of Morocco. What makes it so strange is the trident shaped appendage on the front of its head. What this was used for is pure conjecture with digging in the soft ocean sand being the most likely. The highly detailed professional preparation on this complete 3 x 1 inch 380 million year old trilobite from Ikelel Gara, Southern Morocco is as good as it gets with a 3D trident prepared in a life-like position looking as though it is crawling over a rock, with excellent detail on the long curved spines on the backs of its compound eyes, the small individual lenses of the compound eyes and the one inch long trident. This magnificent weird looking black trilobite is nicely displayed on its original 3 x 2.5 inch smoothed cream colored matrix.
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Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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