Lot 778
Museum Quality Trilobite. Trilobites were one of the very first animals to possess eyes over 500 million years ago and became extinct 250 million years ago before there were dinosaurs. If you want to know what a trilobite looked like in life this is the specimen for you. This 375 million year old black trilobite Ondontochile was found near Erfoud, Morroco and has been meticulously prepared out of its original matrix in exquisite 3-D form. This delicate work takes dozens of hours of preparation but yields a magnificent trilobite. This museum quality specimen is 3.5 x 2.25 inches on a 3.5 x 1.5 inch original limestone matrix. The trilobite is complete and free standing with sharp 1.5 inch spines on the cephalon(head), many small lenses on one of the two compound eyes and even the small spine on the pygidium(tail) which is usually missing from preparing this trilobite. In addition, the hypostome (mouth) has been preserved on the underside of the head. The hypostome is rounded indicating that this type of trilobite was a filter feeder on the ocean bottom. The trilobite appears to be flying over the matrix and is as close as you can come to viewing what a living trilobite would have looked like.
Add $20 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $750 - 1,000.
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