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Rare Fossil Paradoxides Acadoparadoxides Trilobite Plate 1.2M
A remarkable and stunning Paradoxides acadoparadoxides trilobite plate measuring 4ft overall, this statement plate contains eight remarkably preserved individual Paradoxides specimens. The limestone plate was once part of the ancient Cambrian seabed, discovered in the Sahara Desert of Sidi Abdullah ben el Hadj. Large fossil plates, often referred to as mass mortality plates, palaeontologists studies have concluded probably the cause of mass extinction, most likely due to tsunamis or similar cataclysm.
The process of fossilisation is achieved chiefly in an anoxic environment. When sufficiently buried without oxygen, bacteria cannot quickly establish onto any once-living organisms, enabling the successful and infrequent event of fossilisation.
An attractive palette of time is exhibited, consisting of the trilobites carapaces (exoskeleton), of soft brown tones over a calming green limestone, resulting from the absorption of minerals in the initial matrix (fossil bedrock). It caused the natural earth colours, mainly due to iron oxides being present in the surrounding sediments.
The sublime and natural placement of the extinct ocean-dwelling arthropods is aesthetically pleasing, with furrows and depths creating a dramatic shadowy forgotten world. This cataclysmic extinction event is estimated to have seen the demise of 90% of life on the planet. Paradoxides were complex trilobites.
They were the first species to have compound eyes and segmented bodies, enabling them to escape danger by enrolling and aiding fast dynamic movement through the ancient waters.
Spec
Genus: Paradoxides acadoparadoxides briareus (Geyer, 1993)
Age: Palaeozoic era, Mid Cambrian, 540,000,000 - 500,000,000 years ago.
Origin: Jbel Wawrmast Formation, of Zagora region, the Draa Valley, near Alnif, Sidi Abdullah ben el Hadj village, Morocco, North Africa.
Size
H: 122.5 cm | 1.2 m
W: 101 cm | 1 m
D: 7 cm | 3 "
KG: 79.776
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