Colorful Dalmanitina Ordovician Trilobite

Dalmanitina cf proeva

Trilobites Order Phacopida, Family Dalmanitidae

Geological Time: Devonian

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is 45 mm by 21 mm on a 60 mm by 75 mm matrix.

Fossil Site: Ktoua Formation, El Kaid Errami, , Morocco

Code: 14137

Price: Sold


DalmanitinaDescription: This is a fine example of an Ordovician dalmanitid trilobite known as Dalmanitina proeva. It is a colorful example with incredible details. Note the presence of eye facets, something often not preserved, particularly in the right eye. The interesting bicolor matrix is entirely natural and may have been the result of post-depositional seepage of iron-bearing water via a crack in the entombing matrix. I have included a photo of the underside so you can see that it is not the result of compositing.

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