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Red Morocops Trilobite With Gerastos - Hmar Laghdad, Morocco
This is a pair of naturally, red trilobites from Hmar Laghdad, Morocco. There is an enrolled Morocops (formerly Barrandeops) along with some type of Proetid, probably a Gerastos. The enrolled Morocps is .7" wide, or would be about 1.2" long if outstretched while the gerastos is .7" long and slightly compressed.
A paper on this unique preservation can be found below.
Red Devonian trilobites with green eyes from Morocco and the silicification of the trilobite exoskeleton
A paper on this unique preservation can be found below.
Red Devonian trilobites with green eyes from Morocco and the silicification of the trilobite exoskeleton
SPECIES
Morocops (Barrandeop)s granulops & Gerastos?
LOCATION
Hmar Laghdad, Morocco
SIZE
Morocops .7" wide, Gerastos about .7"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#119635
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