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Lot 2330

Trilobite with Trident on Matrix

7 December 2021, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$2,000 - US$2,700

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Trilobite with Trident on Matrix

Walliserops
Devonian
Foum Zguid, Morocco

The unique trident-shaped appendage of Walliserops makes it one of the more bizarre-looking of the spiny trilobites of Morocco. The appendage's use is a mystery to science, though researchers have hypothesized that it was used for foraging in the soft ocean sand. Trident trilobite genera display both long and short appendages. Walliserops, a 375-million-year-old genus, exhibits the short-forked version. In the present richly toned black specimen, the trident and three cephalic spines were prepared free of matrix. Specimen measuring 2 1/2 in; Matrix measuring 2 1/2 x 2 in

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