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EXTINCTIONS CHOICE - TRUE Metacanthina barrandea
MOROCCO • METACANTHINA
Stock Number TTMYZ56
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Name:   TRUE Metacanthina barrandea
Age:  Devonian
Formation:  AM Limestone
Location:  Morocco
Size:  Trilobite is 2.2" long, 2.2" wide
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This is a rare Moroccan trilobite. It is a TRUE Metacanthina barrandea from the Devonian of Morocco. This classic trilobite was acquired from a MAJOR trilobite collection, and meticulously reprepared under a microscope in the EXTINCTIONS Prep Lab here in Colorado. This type is the ORIGINAL and TRUE Metacanthina barrandea - the trilobite that is now called Hollardops mesochristata was mistakenly called Metacanthina barrandea for over a decade. This 3-dimensional bug is wonderfully articulated and exhibits outstanding detail. The individual lenses of the large, crescent-shaped, compound eyes are nearly perfect and very easily seen. The NATURALLY ORANGE trilobite contrasts beautifully with the light-brown matrix. The fossil is well centered on the sculpted block of limestone. This is one of the best quality specimens of a REAL Metacanthina barrandea that we have ever seen.

This fossil was collected legally, and is also being sold legally.

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