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| These following rare specimens come from a quarry in New York where Triarthrus trilobites are found with preserved appendages, antennae and other organs. The preservation of these specimens is astounding, and the skillful preparation that is required to reveal these features can take hours and hours of slow, painstaking work. The state of preservation and the skill of the preparator rival even the finest Bundenbach Trilobites that I've ever seen. The Bundenbach specimens don't even come close in micro-preservation!! These specimens average in length at 1 cm. The trilobite specimens are colorfully preserved in glittering gold pyrite by mother nature. |
| "Modern and extinct arthropods, including trilobites, have an outer carapace or shell, made from a complex form a calcite incorporating proteins and polysaccharides, often referred to simply as chiton. For ease of understanding, a trilobite’s dorsal shell exoskeleton can be compared to the shell of a crab for some species, or a bit softer for others. The ventral (underside) membrane of the trilobite, along with its legs and antennae, were not hardened as the dorsal surface. These soft parts had a similar consistency of the dangling legs of a shrimp and their rather soft antennae. When a trilobite is fossilized these soft tissues have a very slim chance of preserved, much less than that of the hard-calcified exoskeleton. To quantify the rarity of soft tissue preservation, I would say with confidence, that only the hard, calcified dorsal exoskeleton is seen in a percentage greater than 99.9% of the time. That means of all the trilobites ever fossilized over the course of several hundred million years, less than .01% of these animals show evidence of soft tissue preservation. This extreme rarity expressed in percentage value is shocking. From an evolutionary standpoint the soft tissues of early animals such as trilobites is an opportunity to understand how organisms evolved to meet challenges in ever changing environments, and ultimately avoid or succumb to extinction." |
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These specimens
are not from the Beecher Beds, but
are from a new locality with a limited number of initial specimens available
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: 2 cm long Ventral. Near perfect specimen!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 1 - Price $3500.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: 1.5cm Ventral. Near Perfect bug!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 2 - Price $3500.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: 2.3cm Ventral. Near Perfect bug!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 3 - Price $3000.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: HUGE 3.2cm Ventral!!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 4 - Price $4000.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: 1cm Ventral. Very nice bug!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 5 - Price $1500.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: 1.4 cm Lateral. Nice bug!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 6 - Price $1200.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: 1 cm Lateral. Cute bug!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 7 - Price $1000.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: Nice big 2cm Dorsal.Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 8 - Price $1500.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: Average quality 1 cm Dorsal with some GraptolitesTriarthrus eatoni Trilobite 9 - Price $400.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: Nice triple specimen with the largest Dorsal specimen ever prepped measuring in at 3.2cm long! While the big boy isn't the nicest specimen it is impressive! The other 2 bugs are a 1cm Dorsal and 1.5cm Ventral that has it's legs squashed together up against the head of the huge bug! The details on the ventral are excellent!!Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 10 - Price $3500.00
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Name: Triarthrus eatoniGeologic Age: Ordovician (445 Million Years Old)
Stratigraphic detail: Lorraine Shale
Location: Oneida Co., New York
Comments: Nice 11 bug cluster!! The largest bug is a 2cm Lateral. Nice compact plate that measures 4.5 inches x 3 inches x 1 inch thick.Triarthrus eatoni Trilobite 11 - Price $3500.00