Object ID:
1919.17.74
Collection:
Carr Natural History
Object Name:
Fossil
Dimensions:
H-2.7 W-5.9 L-10 cm
Kingdom:
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Description:
Trilobite specimen containing partial cephalon and thorax. Majority of identifying features not present.
Class:
Trilobita (Trilobites)
Genus:
Homalonotus
VE Exhibit Label 1:
One of the earliest and well known arthropods, trilobites resided on the sea floor for over 300 million years before dying out in the Permian Extinction that took place 252 million years ago.
Trilobites had three body segments, a cephalon, a thorax, and a pygidium, head, body, and tail respectively. This particular specimen has a thorax (body), and pygidium preserved.
Trilobites had three body segments, a cephalon, a thorax, and a pygidium, head, body, and tail respectively. This particular specimen has a thorax (body), and pygidium preserved.
Fossilization:
Casts
Period:
Silurian
Site Name:
Madison County, New York
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