Metacanthian Trilobite in Matrix

Metacanthian Trilobite in MatrixMetacanthian Trilibite from the Mid Devonian Period.

Amethyst has been sought after since ancient times as a gemstone and decorative object

This preglabellar ring (head shield) is covered in many sensory pits which may have held hairlike features when the trilobite was alive

It has a very dramatic "head shield" which is often interpreted as a mechanism to help it stay on top of a soft ocean floor

Ophiuroides sp

From the Ordovician age

They were recovered from deposits in Morocco and date back to the late Cretaceous Period

Flexycalymene Trilobite Geodes are approx

From the Upper Ordovician Period - Ashgill Stage - Ktaoua Formation

these calymene trilobites are common in south eastern Tazzarine region of Morocco

These specimens of Mosasaur (Mosasaurus anceps) teeth are embedded in matrix

Flexycalymene Trilobite Fossils (Flexicalymene ouzregui) are approx

so much that the local tribes people used to use these mudstones as currency in trade and other daily life