Large 1.5" Flexicalymene Trilobite With Roller

This is a cool piece with a large, and very well preserved example of the trilobite Flexicalymene retrorsa. It's 1.52" long and nicely inflated with great shell preservation, less than 1% of them are this large and nice. It's located on a nice 5x3" piece of shale matrix, along with a smaller, enrolled specimen of Flexicalymene. This enrolled specimen has been mounted on the plate and was not naturally found in that position on the rock.

These trilobites come from the famous trilobite beds to Mt. Orab, Ohio. They have been meticulously cleaned using air abrasives under microscope, a time consuming process. There is a tiny bit of shell restoration to the front of the head (left side) of the large Flexicalymene where the repaired crack runs through the trilobite.