Moroccan Trilobite Fossils
Anyone watching David Attenborough's programme about First Life will have seen the Moroccan people extracting the trilobite fossils and the amazing work they do on them! Buy the DVD if not! Cambrian/Devonian Trilobites from Morocco - Please remember that every single trilobite that comes from Morocco is repaired due to the nature of their extraction and so minute amounts of shell loss in places is inevitable. The rock is so hard and it needs strong hammers and even stronger people to extract them from their Devonian rock. When a cross section of a trilobite is seen, the rock is glued back together and special air tools are used to chip and blast the rock away from the trilobite and this takes hours and hours. How do I know? I've done some and they take a long time - and nerve racking!
We hope you enjoy your trilobite fossil for many years to come! Every one is unique and the positions they are found in tell us a lot about their environment and their lives. Two deposits in Morocco give rise to a Steel grey trilobite on grey/white matrix and a rarer Red ochre trilobite on rouge matrix. The Rouge ones are the collector favourites because they are the least found and much rarer. Both are similar ages. Please email us for advice regarding trilobites if you are not sure.
If you are on a budget, check out the Sale Trilobite Page
Devonian Trilobites from Morocco
Moroccanites malladoides, Kettneraspis (Leonaspis) & Cyphaspis
From Various Moroccan Locations, please see each item for more details.
Reedops cephalotes & Drotops armatus
Paralejurus dormitzeri
Devonian age (Eifilian) 381-391 Million years old, Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Emsian, Oufatene.
Boeckops, Morocops (Barrandeops) & Adrisiops
Hollardops mesocristata
Devonian age (Emsian) 381-391 Million years old, Timrhanrhart fm, El Ahhsr, SE Foum Zguid, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Crotalocephalus gibba & Coltraneia oufatenensis
Devonian age (Eifilian) 381-391 Million years old, Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Gerastos granulosus (Proetida) & Phacopsid Matrix free
Gerastos granulosus, a Proetida Trilobite, found at Jebel Issoumour, Morocco. These are Middle Devonian age (390 Million years old). These are affordable and ideal for beginners. These are usually the very first trilobite people buy themselves.
Gerastos granulosus, a Proetida Trilobite, found at Jebel Issoumour, Morocco. These are Middle Devonian age (390 Million years old). These are affordable and ideal for beginners. These are usually the very first trilobite people buy themselves.
