Drotops megalomanicus Eifelian trilobite The matrix

The matrix

bony predatory Cretaceous fish with 'fangs' at the front of its upper and lower jaws

The trilobite has been repaired through the length of the bug and across the  tip of the pygidium

The trilobite has been repaired through the left cheek and across the thorax

ranging from the deepest pink to pale cream

Drotops megalomanicus Eifelian trilobite The matrixThis is a magnificent LARGE Middle Devonian (probably Eifelian) trilobite of Drotops megalomanicus, from Jbel El Mrakib, Morocco. Drotops resembles a very large Phacops. The eyes have extremely well preserved schizochroal lenses and the tubercules on the cephalon are pronounced. The specimen is approximately 5. 8 inches long if flattened)and 2. 99 inches wide. The matrix and trilobite measure 3. 2 inches long, 5. 44 inches wide and 4. 1 inches high.