Lot 513
FAMOUS AMERICAN TRILOBITE ARCTINURUS. Arctinurus boltoni is a unique famous American trilobite that is both rare and striking in appearance with its wide wing-like body and its entire body covered with tiny raised lumps called postules that may in life had sensory whiskers to detect prey animals when it buried itself in the ocean bottom similar to what some flatfish and rays do. This museum quality specimen is 4 x 3.25 inches on a 8.25 x 6.25 inch dark gray shale matrix and complete with excellent head, eyes and raised postule detail. There are no other trilobites found anywhere in the world that look like this unusual 420 million year old black arthropod and it was found in only one location in Middleport, New York which is near Buffalo and this quarry has been permanently closed further adding to the high demand from fossil collectors.
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Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200.
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