20048 - Well Prepared "Flying" 2.65 Inch Morocconites malladoides Middle Devonian Trilobite Aragonite The mosasaur and the Elasmosaur

The mosasaur and the Elasmosaur

The color and quality of the enamel

impurities of iron and in some cases other transition metals

Maastrichtian of Belgium (Lingham-Soliar

there is still a lot to be discovered about this ground dwelling herbivore

20048 - Well Prepared "Flying" 2.65 Inch Morocconites malladoides Middle Devonian Trilobite Aragonite The mosasaur and the ElasmosaurImpressive specimen, prepared in an exceptional way. This trilobite has been prepared as free standing. This type of preparation requires meticulous work of tens of hours. Of course, the cephalic spine during the preparation process has been fractured and glued again, with slight restorations in the fracture zones. A preparation like this without small restorations is impossible. Morocconites sp, Boucot and McClure 1989 (trilobite) Trilobita Phacopida