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Rare Fallotaspis tazemmourtensis mortality slab from the Lower Cambrian Souss Lagerstätte, Morocco – 520–515 million years old, featuring internal and external moulds, cephalic spines and macropleura in colorful internal and external moulds. Hypostome and pygidium. Museum-grade, no restoration.

OUR GRADING FOR THIS SPECIMEN: 5/5 ***** - A pristine top rare specimen!
(Graded using our transparent 5-point system — see seller info for details.)

Specimen ID: PAIS9605
Trilobite Size: 3.9 × 2.9 cm
Matrix Size: 18.5 × 14 cm 
Weight (slab with part and counterpart): 1205 g

Locality: Tazemmourt Section, Upper Amouslek Formation, Souss Lagerstätte, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Collected: November 2025
Geological Period: Lower Cambrian (Series 2), Daguinaspis Zone
Age: ~520–515 million years

This scientifically significant slab presents a rare assemblage from one of Africa’s first and oldest Cambrian Lagerstätten. 

It features:
*  A rarely seen huge complete adult Fallotaspis tazemmourtensis (Hupé, 1953), preserved as both internal and external moulds 
* Colorful calcite partial coat, especially noticeable at the external mould, were the moderate size macropleurae are visible
* Complete cranidium - with clearly visible cephalic spines - and overal exoskeleton with evident inflated axial lobe, macropleurae and pleural spines
* Enrolled pygidium and hypostome present at external mould — a hallmark of the exceptional preservation of the Souss Lagerstätte.

Scientific Details
Species: Fallotaspis tazemmourtensis (Hupé, 1953)
Family: Fallotaspididae
Order: Redlichiida
Class: Trilobita

Authenticity & Preparation
100% natural – no painting, no shadowing, no composite additions.
No restoration — the slab is presented exactly as collected. 

Perfect for serious collectors and museums seeking a scientifically significant, display-ready Cambrian fossil assemblage. This unique plate represents the only know trilobite-bearing Lagerstätten in Africa and deserves a place in any institutional or private collection.

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Cambrian, Series 2 (521 - 509 million years) - Morocco

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