1.1" Prone Fossil Calymene Niagarensis Trilobite - New York

This is a 1.1" long, prone Calymene niagarensis trilobite from the Middleport Shale near Middleport, New York. It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Trilobites were a very diverse group of extinct marine arthropods. They first appeared in the fossil record in the Early Cambrian (521 million years ago) and went extinct during the Permian mass extinction (250 million years ago). They were one of the most successful of the early animals on our planet: over 25,000 species have been described, filling nearly every evolutionary niche. Due in large part to their hard exoskeletons (shells), they left an excellent fossil record.

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Calymene niagarensis
LOCATION
Near Middleport, New York
FORMATION
Middleport Shale
SIZE
Trilobite: 1.1" long, Shale: 4.4 x 3.8"
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#224921
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