Eldredgeia venusta (specimen 06)

Specimen Name: Eldredgeia venusta
Specimen Code: 28TRILO00006
Acquisition Method: Purchased (date unknown)

Locale: Calamarca, Bolivia
Formation: Sicasica Formation
Geologic Time Period: Devonian Period

Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Arthropoda – Trilobitomorpha – Trilobita – Phacopida – Phacopina – Acastoidea – Calmoniidae – Eldredgeia – Venusta

Description of Specimen:
A black trilobite with an arched back and one brilliantly preserved eye (the other is damaged) – there is a repaired break, probably sustained during excavation

Measurements of Specimen:
45mm (64 unarched) x 32mm x 21mm

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