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Bumastus ioxus Age: Middle Silurian Formation: Rochester Shale Location: Middleport, New York Size: Trilobite is 1.3 inches long This specimen is not for sale Click here for similar specimens that are for sale
This is not your everyday Bumastus ioxus from the Rochester Shale of New York. This trilobite is preserved near a large bed of bryozoans! The Bumastus is complete and very 3-dimensional. The bug is quite prone and nicely articulated. Both free cheeks are present, which is somewhat unusual. The brown-black exoskeleton is uncommonly intact and extremely well preserved. But the fact that it was living fossilized on the sea floor with bryozoans is truly amazing. This is a very unique example of an unusual association of animals from the Silurian.