Trilobites of New York"Trilobites are the most lifelike of fossilsmany well preserved specimens belie their great antiquity and seem almost ready to arch their bodies, peer about with their compound eyes, and crawl forward as if to complete a journey that was interrupted hundreds of millions of years ago."from the Foreword "New York State is and has long been a magnet for trilobite hunters. New York's trilobites were among the first illustrated fossils in North America.