TRX049- FLOATING FREE-STANDING REEDOPS TRILOBITE

Product Description

ITEM # 

TRX049

ID

Reedops

FOUND

Atlas Mountains - Morocco

AGE

DEVONIAN:  395 - 345 million years ao

SIZE

Trilobite 2.75" if straight

CONDITION

TYPICAL MINOR REPAIR
 BUT NO FABRICATION

NOTE

FANTASTIC DISPLAY SPECIMEN 
- RARE PREPARATION

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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Reedops is a classic Devonian Era trilobite from the Atlas formation.  The prominent pustulose surface on the glabella and the wonderful compound eyes are features one can never tire of admiring. 

This is a supremely prepared example of a Reedops trilobite from the Devonian deposits in the Atlas Range at the edge of the Northern Sahara.  The entire trilobite is exposed and balances on a pedestal of the original host rock it was formerly entombed in nearly 400 million years ago.  Its state of preservation is excellent with the perimeter BENEATH the trilobite also exposed.  This is an extreme pose and preparation of an otherwise common species making it a great candidate if you want to exhibit the most unusual versions of all the different species of trilobites.   The trilobite sits way up in a suspended pose over the rock.  This specimen represents the pinnacle of this species in a display fossil. 

With all our specimens, we include a written, non-expiring guarantee of authenticity.  Similar to all trilobites found in the world, the only way these  fossils are located is to break the trilobite-bearing rock therefore, repair and sometimes, restoration to the damage is unavoidable.