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Description: | The Phacops caudatus fossil pygidium displays the internal view of the trilobite exoskeleton. There is a small fracture near the small tail spine and some of the ribs have been damaged on one side. The lime mud matrix contains many other fossil fragments such as brachiopods and bryozoa. CB 5/1/11
Original label on specimen (stamp paper, purple margin) `Inner aspect of body and tail of phacops caudatus, Dudley'.
Fossil trilobite called Phacops caudatus showing the inner aspect of the body and pygidium (tail). Collected from Dudley. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Silurian - Wenlock - Homerian | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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