Beecher's Trilobite Bed
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beecher-s-trilobite-bed-249-11647238
title:
Beecher's Trilobite Bed
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Beecher's Trilobite Bed is a Konservat-Lagerstätte of Late Ordovician (Caradoc) age located within the Frankfort Shale in Cleveland's Glen, Oneida County, New York, USA. Only 3–4 centimeters thick, Beecher's Trilobite Bed has yielded numerous exceptionally preserved trilobites with the ventral anatomy and soft tissue intact, the soft tissue preserved by pyrite replacement. Pyritisation allows the use of X-rays to study fine detail of preserved soft body parts still within the host rock. Pyrite r
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Paleontological site in New York, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecher%27s_Trilobite_Bed
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date modified:
2023-11-26T13:48:04Z
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