Dramatic Widebody Early Cambrian Moroccan Trilobite

Description: The Issafen Formation of the Anti-Atlas region of Morocco has recently become something of a Gold Rush for the discovery of heretofore unseen trilobite of Early Cambrian age. This one is no exception. I have seen several examples of this taxon, but most are either missing the pygidium or it was tucked under and not prepped out. While I prefer to have them prepped free of matrix, I thought discretion was the better part of valor and left the spine supported on this small example. While one researcher seems to think that that wider specimens are deformed by compression, I fail to see how the axial spine could have withstood such great pressures unscathed. This is an opportunity to obtain a part/counterpart example at a bargain price.