Episode Synopsis "Beecher's Trilobite Bed"

Our first Fossil-Lagerstätte takes us to New York where a seemingly unremarkable layer of shale shelters a remarkable group of fossils; pyritized trilobites.  Uncover the truth of how these golden critters formed and why one man searched for 8 years of his life looking for them.The theme song, "Fossils," and interlude "Aquarium" by Saint-Saëns and "Gymnopédie" by Satie were provided by MusOpen.

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More episodes of the podcast Fossil Bonanza

• Naracoorte Caves: Australia's Megafauna
• Jehol Biota: The Mesozoic Pompeii (Part 2)
• Jehol Biota: The Mesozoic Pompeii (Part 1)
• Dominican Amber: The Forgotten Island Forest
• Amber 101
• Posidonia Shale: Giant Crinoids and Mother Ichthyosaurs
• Beecher's Trilobite Bed
• Introduction to Fossil Bonanza