Classic Calymene niagarensis New York Trilobite Gem

Calymene niagarensis

Hall, 1852

Trilobites Order Phacopida, Family Calymenidae

Geological Time: Silurian

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Trilobite is is 1 1/8” on a 4 ½ x 3 5/8” plate

Fossil Site: Rochester Shale, Middleport New York

Fossil Code: PFT472

Fossil Price: $115.00

Calymene niagarensis TrilobiteDescription: This is a beautifully preserved and displayed specimen of this classic New York species. It is large and contrasts well against the gray background matrix. It was amongst the first American trilobites formally described. Note the early date above, in 1852, by James Hall. Hall became the first state paleontologist of New York state in 1841.

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