Utah Elrathia Trilobite
Cambrian
About Utah Elrathia Trilobite
The Utah Elrathia Trilobite is a arthropod fossil dating to the Cambrian. Elrathia Trilobite is a realistic Utah fossil profile built around small shale trilobite famous from thin laminated western exposures. In this state, success usually comes from learning Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●flat body plan
- ●fine segments
- ●thin dark shale matrix
- ●Check Morrison outcrops, Green River beds, and uplifted marine limestones
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