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Hi everybody!

 

This time i kindly ask your help to identify a little gift a friend of mine give to me last weekend. I really know nothing about german trilobites...i have no idea!

 

Here are the info:

Origin: Eifel, Germany

Age: Devonian (probably Middle...Eifelian? Givetian?)

Lenght: 8.5 cm / 3.35 inches

Cephalon Width (max): 4.8 cm / 1.9 inches

 

I'm thankful to everyone who wants to participate at the topic ;) Have a wonderful weekend! :)

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Well, I may be way off as i don't know the German trilobites, but to me, judging by the smooth pygidial flank, this looks like an Ordovician Colpocoryphe roualti. The cephalon seems to have been stuck on and I think I see Moroccan style cement. 

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I agree with Adam, doesn't look German, probably Moroccan

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Agreed. A Moroccan Colpocoryphe, Ordovician in age. 

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3 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Well, I may be way off as i don't know the German trilobites, but to me, judging by the smooth pygidial flank, this looks like an Ordovician Colpocoryphe roualti. 

The cephalon seems to have been stuck on and I think I see Moroccan style cement. 

 

 

In Morocco the species is: Colpocoryphe grandis

 

Destombes, J. 1966

Quelques Calymenina (Trilobitae) de l'Ordovicien Moyen et Supérieur de l'Anti-Atlas (Maroc).

[Some Calymenina (Trilobita) from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco).]

Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc, 188:33-52

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1 hour ago, piranha said:

 

 

In Morocco the species is: Colpocoryphe grandis

 

Destombes, J. 1966

Quelques Calymenina (Trilobitae) de l'Ordovicien Moyen et Supérieur de l'Anti-Atlas (Maroc).

[Some Calymenina (Trilobita) from the Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco).]

Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc, 188:33-52

Yeah, thanks, I always get those the wrong way around. :rolleyes:

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Just now, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yeah, thanks, I always get those the wrong way around. :rolleyes:

C. roualti is the one wearing the beret and eating a baguette. :P:D 

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Thanks to all of you, guys! You're awesome! Fantastic! In just few hours you found age, origin and perfect species identification...with document too!!

That's insane for me :) Thanks again, see you to next id! ;)
 

 

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