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Ampyxina bellatula Multiple Age: Ordovician Formation: Maquoketa Formation Location: Pike County, Missouri Size: Plate is 6.2 inches across This specimen is not for sale Click here for similar specimens that are for sale
This is a great multiple trilobite plate. It is a slab of Ampyxina bellatula from Pike County, Missouri. This specimen was found in the 1980's and has been in a collection ever since. This plate has OVER A DOZEN complete and partial trilobites preserved. This slab represents an Ordovician sea floor teeming with life, then rapidly buried without a moments notice, forming a ''fossil snapshot'', capturing that exact moment in geologic time for all eternity. The face of the rock is mostly covered with trilobites - the right side is the only blank spot. Some of the trilobites still have their long, thin genal spines intact, which is rare for this type. This is one of the better Ampyxina plates we've had, a great multiple slab.