Lot 898
Huge Spiny Trilobite And Starfish. At 8 inches this complete well detailed Selenopeltis bucchi trilobite is one of the largest for this species and for spiny trilobites in general. The 3-D detail is phenomenal with small eyes, distinctive body bumps and delicate spines being clear with even small details define. What makes this 14.5 x 8 inch limestone slab so special is the variety of other fossils that are found in their natural positions from their burial in the warm Ordovician seas of Erfoud, Morocco over 475 million years ago. There is a 2 inch long phacops trilobites as well as two very large brittle starfish, the largest being 5.5 inches in diameter and small one 4 inches. There are two strange looking animals called carpoids which were swimming crinoids and are related to starfish. They filter fed from a calyx like a crinoid and had moveable stems for swimming or attaching themselves to the sea bottom. There are two different species present that are 2 inches long. This is an esthetically pleasing natural grouping that illustrate what type of sea creatures were present together in the ancient 475 million year old ocean.
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Estimated Value $700 - 900.
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| Realized $690 |
