Triarthrus eatoni
Vendor: Gold Bugs
SKU Number: SQ7367435
A nice pair of dorsally aligned Triarthrus eatoni trilobites from the famous Lower Ordovician Beecher’s Trilobite Bed of New York. The larger of the 2 trilobites measures 1.4cm in length.
This piece could really be referred to as the classic “Beecher’s Plate”. The size and association of the trilobites with other pyritized organic material present makes this a very desirable piece.
Visit the Gold Bugs Store at Tucson to view this specimen in person at:
The Fossil and Mineral Alley Show (23rd Jan. - 5th Feb. 2023)
Room #: 141
Days Inn by Wyndham Tucson City Center
665 N Freeway Rd,
Tucson, Arizona 85745
Vendor: Gold Bugs
SKU Number: SQ7367435
A nice pair of dorsally aligned Triarthrus eatoni trilobites from the famous Lower Ordovician Beecher’s Trilobite Bed of New York. The larger of the 2 trilobites measures 1.4cm in length.
This piece could really be referred to as the classic “Beecher’s Plate”. The size and association of the trilobites with other pyritized organic material present makes this a very desirable piece.
Visit the Gold Bugs Store at Tucson to view this specimen in person at:
The Fossil and Mineral Alley Show (23rd Jan. - 5th Feb. 2023)
Room #: 141
Days Inn by Wyndham Tucson City Center
665 N Freeway Rd,
Tucson, Arizona 85745
Vendor: Gold Bugs
SKU Number: SQ7367435
A nice pair of dorsally aligned Triarthrus eatoni trilobites from the famous Lower Ordovician Beecher’s Trilobite Bed of New York. The larger of the 2 trilobites measures 1.4cm in length.
This piece could really be referred to as the classic “Beecher’s Plate”. The size and association of the trilobites with other pyritized organic material present makes this a very desirable piece.
Visit the Gold Bugs Store at Tucson to view this specimen in person at:
The Fossil and Mineral Alley Show (23rd Jan. - 5th Feb. 2023)
Room #: 141
Days Inn by Wyndham Tucson City Center
665 N Freeway Rd,
Tucson, Arizona 85745
Additional Information
Discovered in 1892 by William S. Valiant and made famous by the work of Charles Emerson Beecher, "Beecher's Trilobite Bed" is located in a small quarry outside of Rome, New York. It is a 4cm thick layer of shale that has yielded some of the most spectacular fossils ever found. The most revered is Triarthrus eatoni, an Upper Ordovician trilobite from the Frankfort Shale of the Lorraine Group. The trilobite bed is a Konservat-Lagerstätte with exceptional soft tissue preservation of antennae, appendages and occasionally egg broods preserved near the underside of the cephalon. There exist only a few sites around the world that preserve this level of detail.
For the last 15+ years the quarry has been owned and managed by Markus Martin, founder of Gold Bugs. Not only is Markus the owner of Gold Bugs, he is the recognized expert on the preparation of fossils from this site.
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Charles Emerson Beecher
Triarthrus eatoni
Markus Martin
Gold Bugs
Beecher's Trilobite Bed
