Description
A wonderful trilobite from the famous fossil site in Hamburg New York. It is a Detailed Eldredgeops with two additional head sections on the block. There is an enrolled Penn Dixie Eldredgeops trilobite that sits on a matrix that will stand on a desk top or cabinet.
Here is a great example of the trilobites coming from this classic and well known site. The trilobites from this location exhibit outstanding detail right down to the eye facets and bumps on the head section. They normally are preserved with a rich black color on a dark gray or gray matrix. Many from this site are also preserved with outstanding thick bodies that make these trilobites very showy. But also there are many corals on this piece.
The Penn Dixie Detailed Eldredgeops roller Trilobite most likely rolled to protect from danger. Because the body segments were able to move trilobites were able to roll up into a ball. This protected them from storms and predators. Because New York was once a tropical sea near the equator it had storms. But some of the storms were so violent that the trilobite could also roll to protect from them.
The Fossil Detailed Eldredgeops Roller trilobite is 3/4 of an inch wide. The Matrix is an irregular gray matrix 2 by 1 3/4.
A classic trilobite from a classic site.
