No. 83494407

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Trilobite - Fossilised animal - Hollardops mesocristatus - 4.9 cm
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Trilobite - Fossilised animal - Hollardops mesocristatus - 4.9 cm

Hollardops mesocristatus Order: Phacopida (Salter, 1864) Suborder: Phacopina (Struve, 1959) Superfamily: Acastoidea (Reijers, 1972) Family: Acastidae (Delo, 1935) Subfamily: Asteropyginae (Delo, 1935) Genre: Hollardops (Morzadec, 1997) Era: Paleozoic Period: Lower Devonian Stage: Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 million years) Location: Djebel Gara el Zguilma (Foum Zguid) Formation: Timrhanhart Region: Souss-Massa, Tata Province (Morocco) Trilobite Measurements: 4.9 cm / 1.93" Matrix measures: 8.1 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm / 3.19" x 2.52" x 0.51" Weight: 0.125 kg / 0.277 lbs Description: Incredible ventral cleaning. This preparation requires more than twice as many hours as usual, as well as extraordinary skill. Sandblasted, well preserved, 100% natural fossil, no restoration, no other trilobite spines, no painting. This specimen will be sent in a perfectly protected box through the national parcel company (Correos) A tracking number will be provided.

No. 83494407

No longer available
Trilobite - Fossilised animal - Hollardops mesocristatus - 4.9 cm

Trilobite - Fossilised animal - Hollardops mesocristatus - 4.9 cm

Hollardops mesocristatus
Order: Phacopida (Salter, 1864)
Suborder: Phacopina (Struve, 1959)
Superfamily: Acastoidea (Reijers, 1972)
Family: Acastidae (Delo, 1935)
Subfamily: Asteropyginae (Delo, 1935)
Genre: Hollardops (Morzadec, 1997)
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Lower Devonian
Stage: Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 million years)
Location: Djebel Gara el Zguilma (Foum Zguid)
Formation: Timrhanhart
Region: Souss-Massa, Tata Province (Morocco)
Trilobite Measurements: 4.9 cm / 1.93"
Matrix measures: 8.1 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm / 3.19" x 2.52" x 0.51"
Weight: 0.125 kg / 0.277 lbs

Description: Incredible ventral cleaning. This preparation requires more than twice as many hours as usual, as well as extraordinary skill. Sandblasted, well preserved, 100% natural fossil, no restoration, no other trilobite spines, no painting.

This specimen will be sent in a perfectly protected box through the national parcel company (Correos)
A tracking number will be provided.

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