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4.5" Large, Drotops Trilobite With Good Eyes - Mrakib, Morocco
This is a large, partially enrolled, 4.5" long (if oustretched) Drotops megalomanicus trilobite quarried from Mrakib, Morocco. It's very 3D with good eye facet preservation. The limestone has been nicely shaped into a natural display base for the specimen. There is no restoration on this specimen.
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco showing the hard limestone layers being worked.
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco. The quarry following the horizon where this trilobites are found extends several kilometers around the mountain.
How a Drotops might be found in the field, with part of the tail exposed in the broken rock. It would then be prepared using airscribes and air abrasives a process that would likely take 20+ hours for a good specimen..
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco showing the hard limestone layers being worked.
A photo of the Drotops quarry at Issoumour, Morocco. The quarry following the horizon where this trilobites are found extends several kilometers around the mountain.
How a Drotops might be found in the field, with part of the tail exposed in the broken rock. It would then be prepared using airscribes and air abrasives a process that would likely take 20+ hours for a good specimen..
SPECIES
Drotops megalomanicus
AGE
LOCATION
Mrakib, Morocco
FORMATION
Bou Dib Formation
SIZE
4.5" long (if oustretched)
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#171550
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