Lot 931
An Unusual 380 Million Year Old Trilobite. This large dark brown 3 inch Crotalocephalus gibbus has been professionally sculpted out its limestone matrix and has exquisite detail of its bulbous head, leg- like body spines, compound eyes and even its gigantic mouth (hypostome) found underneath the head. Crotalocephalus has one of largest mouths of any trilobite and looks like some alien bug from outer space with its crinkled exoskeleton. This 3/D sculpted trilobite looks like it is jumping over the 2.5X1.75 inch limestone base that was esthetically left. This highly detailed trilobite from Alnif, Morroco took many hours of preparation time to extract it from the hard rock matrix that entombed it for over 380 million years.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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| Realized $566 |
