Description
A wonderful group of animals from the famous site in Hamburg New York. It is an Eldredgeops with additional head section, thorax, and tail on the opposite side on the block. This is a partially enrolled Penn Dixie Eldredgeops with the tail slightly tucked underneath.
Here is a great example of the trilobites coming from this classic and well known site. The fossils 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 animals very showy. But also there are many corals on this piece.
The Penn Dixie Fossil Trilobite and More most likely partially 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 1/2 by 3/4 of an inch long. The Matrix is an irregular gray matrix 3 by 3 1/4.
A classic trilobite from a classic site.
