Seguidora-de-Isis Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Good afternoon to all! Is this Trilobite Crotalocephalus Gibbus really real? From which part of Morocco is it discovered? What would be the Period, Era, and Millions of years? Is It real, or it's not real, that's the question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Looks real to me. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 This species is only known from the Devonian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I would venture a guess that this comes from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. They are Devonian around 350myo. This one looks good to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douvilleiceras Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 This trilobite is certainly real. It is an example of of the Chierurid Crotalocephalina from the Lower Devonian (Pragian) of Morocco (not 350 mya - that would be Carboniferous), and could be from a number of sites, including localities such as Jbel Oufatene. 1 Regards, Jason "Trilobites survived for a total of three hundred million years, almost the whole duration of the Palaeozoic era: who are we johnny-come-latelies to label them as either ‘primitive’ or ‘unsuccessful’? Men have so far survived half a per cent as long." - Richard Fortey, Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Looks real not great prep , pygidial spines look like they might be carved 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wamorris1999 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I've got one just like it and about the same size. Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Yours looks fine. The only thing I'd say is, they are often coated in some kind of black substance. I removed it from mine, which I documented here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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