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Hamatolenus Trilobite Positive/Negative Pair

Original price $1,300.00 - Original price $1,300.00
Original price
$1,300.00
$1,300.00 - $1,300.00
Current price $1,300.00
Species: Hamatolenus
Age: Middle Devonian
Location: Tarhoucht,Tinjdad, Morocco

 

Matrix size of positive: 6" x 5.5" x 0.5" approx.

Specimen size of positive: 2.75" x 1.75" approx.

 

Matrix size of negative: 5.75" x 5.25" x 0.5" approx.

Specimen size of negative: 2.75" x 1.75" approx.

 

This Hamatolenus trilobite was split, which resulted in a positive and a negative of the trilobite.

Trilobite, any member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed, three-segmented form. Trilobites, exclusively marine animals, first appeared at the beginning of the Cambrian Period, about 542 million years ago, when they dominated the seas.