Michigan Isotelus Trilobite
Ordovician
About Michigan Isotelus Trilobite
The Michigan Isotelus Trilobite is a arthropod fossil dating to the Ordovician. Isotelus Trilobite is a realistic Michigan fossil profile built around large trilobite often found as enrolled sections in limestone and weathered talus. In this state, success usually comes from learning glacial till, Devonian limestones, and Lake Superior gravels, 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
- ●broad cephalon
- ●large pygidium
- ●thick calcitic shell
- ●Check glacial till, Devonian limestones, and Lake Superior gravels
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