Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite

UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 419-358 MILLION YEARS B.P.

2 1/2 in. (158 grams, 63 mm).

A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antenna; on a matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 2388