This is the “Fossil Friday” post #30.  Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website.  We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com.  Please include a short description or story.  Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world!

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Today, we have a trilobite from Indiana…. a fairly common trilobite from a legendary locality.  This is a Flexicalymene meeki from St. Leon in Indiana.  The locality is about a mile long road cut that has multiple benches on both sides of the road and it’s chock full of fossils.  Stories of St. Leon (or Route 1) in Indiana are everywhere on the Internet.  Here are a couple.. here, here, and here… even here.  They are everywhere… just do a google search or go to the Fossil Forum.  There are quite a few quality threads that discuss where to look and what you’ll find. 

If you’ve never been there and you love fossils, plan a trip… you will love the place and collect an absolute ton of fossils.

Here is the enrolled Flexicalymene meeki specimen.  It was collected on an ESCONI field trip to southern Indiana in 2009.