Ceratarges ziregensis Trilobite for sale, from Morocco
$550.00
Ceratarges ziregensis
Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Trilobita
Order: Lichida; Family: Lichidae; Subfamily: Trochurinae
Middle Devonian, Eifelian Stage, El Otfal Formation, Ceratarges beds
Jbel Zireg, Morocco
Authenticity of all fossils is guarantied as also stated in the terms and conditions. For save transport all spiny and spiky Trilobites are shipped in tupperware boxes. They are attached to these by screws in the bottom. For your display they can be taken off these boxes.
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Large well preserved Ceratarges ziregensis Trilobite from Morocco for sale. This specimen is about 2.75″ or 7 cm from front of the head to the end of the tail spines. There is a glued crack through the right side of the Trilobite. Ceratarges ziregensis is the more often found Ceratarges species in the Ceratarges beds of Jbel Zireg. The Trilobite accounts for 75% of the Ceratarges species foend in the Ceratarges Beds of Jbel Zireg. It is characterised by the missing spine on the middle of the pygidium.
A fixed crack runs from the right side to the left behind the Cephalon. These cracks are not avoidable. They occur, when quarry workers crack the rock in order to find the 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 preparator even more efficient and qualitative upgraded.
Trilobites like this Large Ceratarges ziregensis Trilobite from Morocco for sale are often master pieces of preparation art. Mining of fossil and their preparation is a great source of income for the people, that live in the oasis of the Sahara desert. Whole villages depend on it. Some of the Trilobites processed take up to 100 hours of preparation. The fossils sold here are all authentic and real. Little alternations that have to be done in the preparation prozess will be pointed out.
Information regaring the genus Ceratarges and its species can be found here: https://www.academia.edu/11843627/New_species_of_the_lichid_trilobite_Ceratarges_from_the_Middle_Devonian_in_Morocco
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Weight | 1.2 kg |
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Dimensions | 26 × 21.5 × 17 cm |
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