This is a HUGE Morocops trilobite from the Devonian of Morocco! Trilobites are arthropods that lived from 521 to 252 million years ago. Some would roll into a ball like roly polies. They come in many shapes and sizes, with all sorts of shapes protruding from them including spines! The trilobite is about 2.75 inches long stretched out with great eye facets, fantastic detail, and prep work!
There are two repairs, one is some restoration on the big "bulb" at the front of the trilobites head, called the Glabella. The other occurred as the trilobite was being prepped. Like all Moroccan trilobites the fossil was discovered by breaking a rock open, and breaking through the fossil, and gluing the rock back together as the trilobite is exposed by prep work.
Fake Moroccan trilobites plague the fossil market, a close-up of the specimen was taken with a microscope to prove that it is authentic and not resin.
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Species: Morocops sp.
Size: ~2.75 inches (stretched out)
Found: Morocco
Age: 419-359 million years old
Repair: Some restoration on the "head bulb" (Glabella), Broken in two and glued back together