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EXTINCTIONS CHOICE - Metacanthina issoumourensis
MOROCCO • METACANTHINA
Stock Number TTMAS11
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Name:   Metacanthina issoumourensis
Age:  Devonian
Formation:  AM Limestone
Location:  Morocco
Size:  Trilobite is 2.25 inches long
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This is an excellent trilobite. It is a Metacanthina (=Asteropyge) issoumourensis from the Devonian of Morocco. This large trilobite has been meticulously prepared in the EXTINCTIONS prep lab in Colorado, as are all of our Moroccan trilobites. The 3-dimensional bug is wonderfully articulated and exhibits outstanding detail. The individual lenses of the large, crescent-shaped, compound eyes are easily seen, and the pointed lappets of the pygidium are all intact. The dark, chocolate-brown trilobite contrasts beautifully with the light-brown matrix. The fossil is almost perfectly centered on the large, sculpted block of limestone. This is one of the better quality specimens of Metacanthina issoumourensis that we have had.