Description
Bumastis ioxus with Trimurus trilobite head section is from the famous Silurian Middleport Quarry in New York
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The Bumastis ioxus with Trimurus Trilobite head section is another trilobite found during the digging of the Erie Canal. First found in 1839 in a gorge dug for the canal. The trilobite is oval shaped and at first glance, it is difficult to judge which is the cephalon and which is they pygidium. Having only 8 – 10 body segments, the Bumastis ioxus Trilobite method of rolling up is much like that of a clam closing-just folding over because of this it can protect itself from danger. The head and tail sections are quite smooth. The middle lobe of the cephalon is quite wide and there are two large eyes set to the back. One has been found in excess of four inches long.
During the Silurian Period New York State was the bottom of a shallow sea. Because of it’s location near the equator many large storms like hurricanes formed. But these storms did not only stay in the water. They hit the land and washed mud into the sea and buried many animals. Once buried the animals began the process of becoming fossils. Because the mud was fine grained the fossils preserved very well.
The Bumastis ioxus and Trimurus trilobite is 1/2 inch long . It sits on a roughly triangular gray matrix 3 by 2 3/4 inches. The Trimurus is only a head section.
Classic trilobite from a classic site.
BUMASTIS ioxus
Silurian
Rochester Shale
Middleport New York
