07148 - Top Huge 4.72 Inch Drotops megalomanicus Middle Devonian Trilobite Claw This piece belongs with absolute

This piece belongs with absolute certainty to a great raptor

This specimen was broken in small sectors during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication

Huge Carcharodontosaurus tooth

University of California

multiple reptiles could be found

07148 - Top Huge 4.72 Inch Drotops megalomanicus Middle Devonian Trilobite Claw This piece belongs with absoluteExtremely huge specimen, well prepared. Its size is enormous. It has tiny restorations made on its shell during its meticulous and long preparation. Nice eyes facets. Drotops is a genus of trilobites from the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae that lived during the Eifelian of the Middle Devonian. It was described by Struve in 1990 under type species Drotops megalomanicus. Their fossils are found in present day Morocco, specifically the Mader Region