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Description: | - This species of trilobite comes from the famous Much Wenlock limestone near Dudley; an area rich in fossils. About 425 million years ago, it was covered by a shallow tropical sea. Extensive coral reefs provided a habitat for a huge range of animals, including this trilobite. Trilobites are a group of extinct marine animals that are distantly related to modern day arthropods like scorpions. The long spines on the abdomen of this species probably acted as a defence against predators. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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