Abstraktum Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Hello everybody I would love to hear your thoughts on those two Trilobites from KemKem/Morocco (I can't provide a more specific area). Any red flags visible? I can give more pictures with different angles and details. Just tell me what you need. And again: Thank you for the help First Trilobite in Matrix. Length 6,3 cm (2.48 in) Second Trilobite rolling around without Matrix Length 3,5 cm (1.38 in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 There aren't any trilobites in Kem Kem, wrong time period. These both look fully genuine and very nice. I like the rolled one, because it doesn't seem to have been covered in any black polish to hide prep marks. I can't tell with the one on the matrix, but I can see that it looks to have been prepped to a high standard anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, Aurelius said: There aren't any trilobites in Kem Kem, wrong time period. Well year, a few hundret million years apart. Just forget about the KemKem part. That's what happens when you always write KemKem/Morocco But Morocco is still correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 As the others have stated, Morocco is correct, but Kem Kem has not trilobites because they were already extinct for millions of years when those areas were deposited. These are real trilobites though. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 Thanks everybody Yes, that what happens when you're normally deal with KemKem material you start to get used to it and can caught off guard when posting about fossils from Morocco Better double read before posting Is it also possible to give an ID for those to? They where described as Phacops speculator. As far as I understood this is no longer valid and is now described as Austerops speculaor. Or is it not possible to determine it down to the species? Hard to tell for me... There are just way to many Trilobits species, when you just get started with this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 10:45 AM, Abstraktum said: Is it also possible to give an ID for those to? @piranha Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 8:35 AM, Abstraktum said: This specimen is most similar with the eye lens formula and the axial rings and pygidial rib diagnosis of: Hypsipariops vagabundus McKellar, R.C., Chatterton, B.D.E. 2009 Early and Middle Devonian Phacopidae (Trilobita) of southern Morocco. Palaeontographica Canadiana, 28:1-110 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 Highly appreciated, thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch1979 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Origin in Morocco: some miles south of Alnif Both are 100% real and quite well prepped .. good choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 Thanks! I bought it directly from a moroccan Seller at a fossil show in Germany. He got lot of Trilobites with this kind of quality. Not that cheap, but if they are as real as this one, it's a justified price Here are two more pictures of better quality and better light: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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