Phillipsia Trilobites

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Phillipsia rockfordensis

Locust Point Formation

Brown County, IN
Mississippian

 

Here is a very rare trilobite from Indiana. This trilobite, Phillipsia rockfordensis, is found in small nodules in a stream outcrop in Brown County. The land owner has found around two hundred nodules and only four contained a complete trilobite or trilobite parts. The rest contained parts of Conularids. This trilobite is slightly weathered, but still shows fine preservation. It is extremely 3-D and measures 1 7/8" long.