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"The CLASSIC BIG DEVONIAN TRILOBITE" A GEM, EXTRA LARGE Drotops megamanicus trilobite that is freestanding on a pedestal of original matrix. It is beautifully prepared to give it a sculpted effect with the bottom of the cephalon, thorax, and pygidium are fully exposed. Preparation easily took many dozens of hours to clean this specimen! Incredible detail and completeness. Compound eyes are exceptionally preserved. A Middle Devonian trilobite. All natural - an incredible display piece. Museum quality specimen. Authenticity guaranteed. The real deal! One of my favorites.

XM12  BoP      Size: 5-1/8"

"The CLASSIC BIG DEVONIAN TRILOBITE" An EXTRA LARGE, TOP QUALITY Drotops megamanicus trilobite on original matrix from Issoumour, Alnif area, Morocco. It is beautifully prepared and fully exposed. Preparation is excellent with all original colors with minimal restoration. Incredible detail and completeness. Color is the original black. Good compound eyes. Extra wide, This is a massive specimen! Includes the stand as shown. Middle Devonian age. An excllent display piece. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - specimen wights 5.3 lbs. International orders will require supplemental postage. Please inquire. 

XM52       Size: 5-7/8" (3-1/8" Wide)

Adding 5 Moroccan trilobites in December 2023.     Link to Moroccan trilobites.

"The CLASSIC BIG DEVONIAN TRILOBITE" A GEM, EXTRA LARGE Drotops megamanicus trilobite on original matrix. A Decemeber 2018 Fossil of the Month. It is beautifully prepared and fully exposed. Preparation is German directed with all original colors and no restoration. Incredible detail and completeness. Color is the original black and bronze. Compound eyes are exceptionally preserved showing center dimples. Check out the photos. All natural - an incredible display piece. A Middle Devonian trilobite (380 mya). Museum quality specimen. Authenticity guaranteed. A TOP QUIALITY BIG Moroccan trilobite from Issoumour, Alnif area. One the largest and best Drotops megamanicus that I have seen!

XM44 BoP       Size: 6-1/16"  (3" W)

An EXTRA LARGE silica replaced Cyrtospirifer brachiopod. Both valves present  - complete specimens and matrix free. Exceptional preservation. More than 1"+ thick and heavy! This is a late Devonian (370 mya) brachiopod from Rudkine near Voronezh, Russia. An incredible display piece! 

Y016          SIZE: 2-1/4"  

Note - 15 new Brachiopods added in November 2017.       Link to Brachipods.

An EXTRA LARGE, rare shark vertebra. The vertebra remains in the original Round Mountain silt matrix - an excellent display piece. Very good preservation and color

ST953                 SIZE: 1-3/4"

An ultra rare, top quality 5-5/8" Sharktooth Hill Megalodon tooth. A location that produces very few large Megalodon teeth and one of the toughest Megs to locate. Note - the interlocking indentations along the side of the root lobes. This characteristic is only seen in the early to middle Miocene Megs - very unique!  A Museum quality specimen. No repair! You will not see these middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Megs from Bakersfield, California very often!  One of the rarest Megs! A collection piece from the old days.

ST452              Size: 5-5/8"

 Sandolodus sp.; an  Extinct Bradydont shark

An EXTRA LARGE crusher tooth. Exceptional preservation. Note the dimpled surface. An excellent collector's tooth. Matrix free - rare! An exceptional collector's piece from an old collection!

Age: Pennsylvanian (300 mya) ; Herta Limestone Fm.

Location: Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa

Z142          SIZE: 1"

"The CLASSIC BIG DEVONIAN TRILOBITE" A LARGE, TOP QUALITY Drotops megamanicus trilobite on original matrix. It is beautifully prepared and fully exposed. Preparation is excellent with all original colors and no restoration. Incredible detail and completeness. Color is the natural black shell. Compound eyes are exceptionally preserved showing center dimples (see photos). All natural - an incredible display piece - only minor prep touch up requried. Middle Devonian age. Authenticity guaranteed. Museum Quality. A TOP QUIALITY BIG Moroccan trilobite from Issoumour, Alnif area. A fantastic Drotops megamanicus specimen. One of the best that I have offered!   Note - specimen wights 2.7 lbs. International orders will require supplemental postage. Please inquire.

XM51       Size: 4-3/4"  (2-5/8" Wide)

Adding 31 quality Moroccan trilobites in April 2025.     Link to Moroccan trilobites.

A pair of exceptionally well preserved, extra large Scyphocrinites elegans crinoids. These GEM crinoids have bulbous calyxes with incredible detail. Museum quality specimen. My finest double crinoid. An incredible display piece!        Note: international shipping cost will be calculated. Please request quote.

M2058          SIZE:  9" x 9" (specimens)

Name: Scyphocrinites elegans      Age: Upper Silurian (420 MMYA)     Location: Djebel Issoumour, Alnif, Morocco

A FANTASTIC polished display piece with two exposed EXTRA LARGE ammonites and an orthoceras. A third ammonite is also exposed when viewed from the top. All showing the intricate internal chamber structure.The rock matrix is a beautiful marble material and the Ammonite cavities are mineral filled! These ammonites and orthoceras are beautifully polished. This display measures  8"  x  14" and weighs 12 pounds. You rarely see top quality, extra large ammonites and Orthoceras in the same matrix block. An incredible, rarely seen display item!

Name: Goniatities sp. and Orthoceras sp. , Age: Devonian (350 MM years ago), Location: Atlas Mt., Morocco

M2060         Size: 5-1/2"  &  4-1/2" Ammonites with a 4-1/2" Orthoceras

Petalodus alleghaniensis; an  Extinct Petalodont shark

A LARGE tooth. Beautifully articulated and preserved.  An exceptional collector's piece from an old collection!  The best available!

Age: Pennsylvanian (300 mya) ; Herta Limestone Fm.

Location: Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa        On HOLD

Z134             SIZE: 1-3/8" x  1-3/8" W

An EXTRA LARGE, pyrite replaced Paraspirifer bownockeri brachiopod from the Silica Shale Fm., Sylvania, Ohio. Brachiopods are bivalve molluscs, and this is a big one. Both valves present  - complete specimen and matrix free. Note -  1-1/8" thick and heavy! This is a Devonian (395 mya) brachiopod. The big Silica Fm. brachiopod. Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic display specimen!

Y005        SIZE: 1-7/8"  (1-1/8" Thick)