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Trilobites
Eldredgeia
venustus (Family: Calmoniidae)
Early Devonian
(345 million years ago)
Belen Formation
Altiplano
(Belen, Sica Sica), Boliva
Trilobites
Eldredgeia
venustus (Family: Calmoniidae)
Early Devonian
(345 million years ago)
Belen Formation
Altiplano
(Belen, Sica Sica), Boliva
Bought from indian walking in market who said they pick these up in the altiplano as the wind and rain make them surface. They are egg shaped and broken open to display trilobite. These are wonderful critters in nodules dug and split by Bolivian peasants.Acquired:
At: 1994, market in La Paz, Bolivia
From: Indian street peddler in market
Price: $2.00 eachSee also:
http://www.feraloldguy.com/trilobite.htm
http://www.nctimes.net/~tyra-rex/td2.html