North American Fossil Trilobites For Sale

From California

The Latham Shale, Marble Mountains, San Bernadino County, California.
©2003 Stephen M. Damiani All Rights Reserved

A little history lesson.

In the Cambrian, the continent of Laurentia (now the majority of North America), was near equatorial, and oriented about ninety degrees from its current position. Close to the shorelines of Laurentia, limestone was deposited as shallow-water reefs. Beyond the limestone belt, fine sediments built in deeper offshore contours, sometimes rapidly via undersea landslides off the reef platform. These offshore deposits along the paleoequator include much of the Wheeler Shale, the Burgess Shale of western Canada, and other sites from California through Utah to the Northwest territories of Canada. All of these sites yield remarkably preserved Cambrian fossils.

The Marble Mountains is one of the best-known and most productive Cambrian trilobite localities in the state of California. This is a rather small mountain range in one of the harshest, driest parts of the Mojave Desert, in southeastern California near the towns of Chambless and Cadiz. Its trilobite-bearing rocks include exposures of the Latham Shale.

The Latham Shale is of late Early Cambrian age and occurs in outcrops scattered widely throughout San Bernardino and Inyo Counties, California. At least 12 trilobite species (mostly olenellids) have been documented there.

	From Canada
	Agraulos ceticephalus Age - Middle Cambrian Formation - Manuels River Formation Location - Kelligrews, Newfoundland , Canada Size - 7/8" ( trilobite ) Size- 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" ( matrix ) $ 350 Item # tri/agra-app 350 NOTE: very special specimen from the Middle Cambrian Manuels River Formation of Kelligrews, Newfoundland.....an Agraulos ceticephalus. This is an EXCEEDINGLY rare find for this locality- the only known occurence of Agraulos ceticephalus in Canada. The Trilobite is in excellent condition. Recent provincial laws in Newfoundland have made collecting almost any fossil material in the province illegal, so there will be no more future collecting of any fossil materials, trilobites included. This site produced a good number of trilobite species, including Paradoxides and Niobella (among others), but Agraulos ceticephalus was perhaps the rarest of the rare from this locality. A fantastic specimen, in great condition, from a site no longer collectable
	Arbetella nitida Resser 1908 Age - Middle Cambrian Formation -Ross Lake Shale Member, Cathedral Formation Location - Continental Divide, Southern Alberta, Canada Size - 3/8" ( trilobite ) Size- 2 1/4" x 2" ( matrix ) $ 250 Item # tri/arbet-app 250 Note: This is an INCREDIBLY rare trilobite....they are not commonly collected by anyone because they are out in the middle of nowhere. Only the top collectors of trilobites have some of these. These trilobites are rarer than some Burgess Shale Fossils.
Location of California Today Location of California some 500 million years ago.	From California The Latham Shale, Marble Mountains, San Bernadino County, California. ©2003 Stephen M. Damiani All Rights Reserved A little history lesson. In the Cambrian, the continent of Laurentia (now the majority of North America), was near equatorial, and oriented about ninety degrees from its current position. Close to the shorelines of Laurentia, limestone was deposited as shallow-water reefs. Beyond the limestone belt, fine sediments built in deeper offshore contours, sometimes rapidly via undersea landslides off the reef platform. These offshore deposits along the paleoequator include much of the Wheeler Shale, the Burgess Shale of western Canada, and other sites from California through Utah to the Northwest territories of Canada. All of these sites yield remarkably preserved Cambrian fossils. The Marble Mountains is one of the best-known and most productive Cambrian trilobite localities in the state of California. This is a rather small mountain range in one of the harshest, driest parts of the Mojave Desert, in southeastern California near the towns of Chambless and Cadiz. Its trilobite-bearing rocks include exposures of the Latham Shale. The Latham Shale is of late Early Cambrian age and occurs in outcrops scattered widely throughout San Bernardino and Inyo Counties, California. At least 12 trilobite species (mostly olenellids) have been documented there.
	Olenellus clarki # 1 Age - Early Cambrian Location - Marble Mountains,Ca. Size - 2" Size- 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" ( matrix ) $ 95 Item # tri/ollen1-app95
click image	Olenellus clarki # 2 Age - Early Cambrian Location - Marble Mountains,Ca. Size - 1" Size- 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" ( matrix ) $ 75 Item # tri/ollen2-app 75
click image	Olenellus clarki # 5 Age - Early Cambrian Location - Marble Mountains,Ca. Size - 1" ( there are 2 partials on this plate ) Size- 6" x 2 1/2" ( matrix ) $ 50 Item # tri/ollen5-app 50
	From Arkansas & Indiana
sold out	Trilobite Tracks # 4 Age - Lower Pennsylvanian Location - Washington County, Ark. Size - 2 1/4" long x 3/8" wide ( trilobite track ) Size- 5 1/4" x 3" ( matrix ) $ 80 Item # tri/tracks4-app 80 Note: there are 7 distinct tracks on this plate.
	From Kansas
click images	Ditomopyge decurata 56 Age -Permian Location - Grant Summit, Kansas. Size - 1/2" ( rolled ) $ 80 Item # tri/dito56-app 80 Note: By The Time this Trilobite at the age of the Permian, began the end of an era . There were only 4 species of trilobite left on Earth. All were small like this one. Like this species of trilobite no trilobite made it into the Age of Dinosaur they were truly Extinct. FYI: Permian age trilobites are very hard to come by .
click images	Ditomopyge decurata 60 Age -Permian Location - Grant Summit, Kansas. Size - 1/2" ( rolled ) $ 80 Item # tri/dito60-app 80 Note: By The Time this Trilobite at the age of the Permian, began the end of an era . There were only 4 species of trilobite left on Earth. All were small like this one. Like this species of trilobite no trilobite made it into the Age of Dinosaur they were truly Extinct. FYI: Permian age trilobites are very hard to come by .
	From Missouri
	From Nevada
	From New York
	Eurypterus remipes # 1 Age - Silurian Location - Passage Gulf, NY. Size - 2 3/4" Size - 4 1/2" x 3" ( matrix ) $ 390 Item # tri/eury1-app390 FYI: You can see some of the walking feet by the head.
	From Pennsylvania
	From Ohio
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	From Oklahoma
click image	Kainops invius # 109 Age - Lower Devonian Location - Clarita, Coal County Oklahoma Size -1 " ( trilobite ) Size - 1" ( matrix ) $ 18 Item # tri/kain109-app18 Note: This trilobite died and fossilized in a rolled position which was caused by being attacked by a predator or was molting it's anyone's guess.
click image	Kainops invius # 113 Age - Lower Devonian Location - Clarita, Coal County Oklahoma Size -7/8 " ( trilobite ) Size - 1 1/4" x 1/2" ( matrix ) $ 18 Item # tri/kain113-app18 Note: This trilobite died and fossilized in a rolled position which was caused by being attacked by a predator or was molting it's anyone's guess.
	From Utah
CLICK IMAGE	Asaphicus wheeleri # 33 Age - Cambrian Formation - Wheeleri & Harjum Location - Millard County, Utah. Size - 2" Price - $ 40 Item # tri/wheel33-app 40
click image	Elrathia Kingii # 2 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 5/8" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 20 Item # tri/el2-app 20
click image	Elrathia Kingii # 3 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 1/2" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 18 Item # tri/el3-app18
click image	Elrathia Kingii # 4 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 1/2" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 18 Item # tri/el4-app 18
click image	Elrathia Kingii # 5 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 3/4" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 25 Item # tri/el5-app 25
click image	Elrathia Kingii # 6 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 5/8" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 20 Item # tri/el6-app 20
click image	Elrathia Kingii # 7 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 5/8" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 20 Item # tri/el7-app 20
	Elrathia Kingii # 99 Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 1 7/8" (Elrathia ) Price - $ 40 Item # tri/el99-app 40 Note: this trilobite is in the rock that is 7" x 3"
click images	Perinopsis ( Better known as THE BLIND TRILOBITE ) Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 1/4" to 1/2" $ 1.50 EACH ( Min.Order 3 Specimens ) Item # tri/peri-app1.5 Note: the top picture shows how many I have in the stock and the bottom picture gives you an idea of what they look like so all of them are the same price. Please indicate how many you want when ordering.
	Elrathia Kingii Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 3/8" - 3/4" $3.00 each ( min.order 3 ) ( sold out ) Item # tri/eljwlry-app3 Perfect size and high quality for jewelry.
	Elrathia Kingii Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 7/8"- 1" $6.00 each ( min.order 2 ) Item # tri/eljwlry1-app6 Perfect size and high quality for jewelry.
	Elrathia Kingii Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 1 1/8" to 1 1/4" $9.00 each Item # tri/eljwlry2-app9 Perfect size and high quality for jewelry.
	Elrathia Kingii Age - Cambrian Location - Delta, Utah. Size - 1 3/8" $18.00 each Item # tri/eljwlry3-app18 Perfect size and high quality for jewelry.