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Lot 4430

Russian Trilobite

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16 May 2018, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$400 inc. premium

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Russian Trilobite

Hoplolichas furcifer
Ordivician, Paleozoic
Laba River Basin, St. Petersburg, Russia

Hoplolichas furcifer is an uncommon species. This example displays characteristic spines, two barbed horns extending backward from the cephalon (head), two long spines behind its compound eyes and rows of sharp spines along the center and both sides of its body. Every detail is preserved, such as the individual calcite lenses of the compound eyes and the small bumps (postules) scattered on the head and body. This is a rare trilobite, rarely offered, and in great demand for its beauty.
Specimen measuring 2.5 x 1.75in; Matrix measuring 5 x 4in

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Please note: this lot is being sold "as is". The horns which appear in the catalog illustration are now deficient/missing.

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