Trilobite Specimen T-Shirt — Plate 171

A museum-style specimen plate: a prepared trilobite on a matrix block, museum lighting, drawn with the care of a natural-history collection label.

Plate 171 of the Deep Time Atlas: museum-style paleo-art of Drotops megalomanicus, reconstructed from fossil evidence and current research.

Field notes

• Period and age: Middle Devonian, ~390 Ma
• Where fossils are found: Maïder Basin (Morocco)
• Group: Specimen Series
• What the fossils tell us: Compound eyes made of calcite lenses

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee, 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (heather colors are a cotton-poly blend)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²), soft and lightweight
• Pre-shrunk, side-seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Printed on demand (DTG) for you; blank sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras or the US

Note: the fabric is slightly sheer and may show through a little in lighter colors.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.