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I bought a trilobite fossil and I want to know if it is real

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in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications

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Sorry about the nail clippers it was the only thing I could find to hold it on its side besides my hand. Sorry if I messed something up I just joined 

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rocket Regular Member

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Hi, yes, I am sure this is real

Looks like a Calymene (?Diacalymene) from Morocco

Comes from the Ordovician stage

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We need to see a clear, in focus shot of the pygidium, or "tail shield" to be certain of ID.

It could be Flexicalymene ouzregui, or Colocoryphe grandis.

But it does look real, and not composited.

 

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