TRILOBITES! TWO RARE SPECIES! Start Price USD 2,400.00 Current Price USD 2,400.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 16, 2008 End Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Location Boise, ID See more about 'TRILOBITES! TWO RARE SPECIES!' Description THIS PLATE CONTAINS TWO RARE SPECIES OF TRILOBITES, ONE PLACED IN THE PLATE AND ONE NATIVE TO THE MATRIX.  THEY ARE SEPARATED IN THE PLATE BY A PIECE OF PETRIFIED WOOD WHICH IS ALSO NATIVE TO THE MATRIX.  THE PLATE IS 15" LONG, 15" AT THE WIDEST, 5" AT THE NARROWEST, AND IS APPROX. 1" THICK, WEIGHING IN AT NINE POUNDS.  THE LARGER TRILOBITE IS 3" LONG IN THE BODY AND 4" TO THE BACK SPINES, AND IS 2 3/4" WIDE.  THE SPECIES IS PARACERAURUS EXSUL.  THIS FOSSIL WAS FOUND IN THIS MATRIX AND IS MIDDLE ORDIVICIAN.  THE SMALLER TRILOBIT IS 1 1/4" LONG AND 1" WIDE.  THE SPECIES IS CHASMOPS ODENI.  THIS TRILOBITE WAS IMPORTED INTO THIS PLATE FOR OBVIOUS AESTHETIC PURPOSES.  THIS PLATE IS FROM THE WOLCHOW RIVER IN RUSSIA.  PREPARATION IS ALMOST AS IMPORTANT AS SPECIES TYPE IS VALUING THE FOSSIL, AND THE PREPARATION ON THIS PIECE IS MUSEUM QUALITY--FULL ARTICULATION OF BOTH FRONT LEGS INTO 3-D!  BOTH SPECIES ARE RARE, SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLATE FOR THE BUG COLLECTOR.  EXTREMELY LOW RESERVE!  SHIPPING WILL BE TRICKY ON THIS PIECE BUT I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO ENSURE THE SAFE TRANSFER OF THIS PIECE.  GOOD LUCK AND GOOD BIDDING! Place a Bid!