Basseiarges mellishae a rare Trilobite from Morocco for sale

$450.00

Basseiarges mellishae

Class: Trilobita; Order: Lichida; Superfamily: Lichoidea

Family: Lichidae; Subfamily: Trochurinae

Middle Devonian; Eifelian Stage

Jorf, Draa Tafilalet Region, Morocco

The fossil is 1.1″ or 2.8 cm long.

Availability: In stock

Description

Quality Basseiarges mellishae Trilobite from Morocco for sale. A small species of Trilobite newly found and described by Corbacho and Lopez-Soriano in 2013. It comes from 2011 discovered Eifelian outcrops north of  the town Jorf. The genus Basseiarges is named after the German Dr. M.Basse for his contributions of knowledge on Devonian Trilobites. The species is named after C.Mellish the curator for fossil Arthropods at the British Museum of Natural History in London for her continuous help in the matter. The very unusual Trilobite Basseiarges mellishae has the eyes placed far from the glabella on the almost 90 degrees down folded cheek or fixigena. That way they look straight forward.

The Basseiarges fossil here is 1.1 ” or 2.8 cm long. There is a crack through the tail of the Trilobite. These cracks are unavoidable. They occur, when quarry workers crack the rock in order to find fossils. Fossils don’t grow on rocks, they hide inside. Unfortunately in the layers of the hardy Devonian rocks, fossils appear in all directions. Once the rock is broken, the fossil is discovered. Due to the nature of these rocks and the position of the fossil, the fossil is broken too. Experienced Preparators take on the task to glue them back together and to chisel or grind them out. In general cracks and some preparation marks are not avoidable and show that the fossil is real and not faked. There is no damage or replaced parts on this Trilobite.

The availability of pneumatic and air abrasive tools makes the work of the preparation even more efficient and qualitative upgraded. In some cases the use of Rewoquat does a great job. Features of the eyes, the body markings (pores etc.) and spines can be easier prepared out of the hardy rocks. The Basseiarges mellishae for sale here is a masterpiece of Moroccan preparation art.

Devonian trilobites from Morocco can be seen in the web galery of the American Museum for Natural History, link here:  https://www.amnh.org/research/paleontology/collections/fossil-invertebrate-collection/trilobite-website/gallery-of-trilobites/devonian-period-trilobites/devonian-trilobites-of-morocco-africa-alphabetized

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Additional information

Weight 0.49 kg
Dimensions 17.5 × 16 × 6 cm

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