Description
A wonderful trilobite from the famous fossil site in Hamburg New York. It is a Fossil Eldredgeops with a large section of a crinoid stem on the block. The enrolled Penn Dixie Eldredgeops trilobite has been cleaned and removed from the block. These were associated together but now have been separated. You get both pieces.
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 Enrolled Eldredgeops and Crinoid are very showy. During a storm the 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 Eldredgeops Roller trilobite is 1 3/8 of an inch wide. The Matrix that contains the stem is an irregular gray matrix 7 1/4 by 3 1/4 and the stem is 5 inches long.
A classic trilobite from a classic site.
